Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Honored By
William E. Shaklee
Relationship
Friend
HE PARTICIPATED IN THE U.S. NAVY’S V-12 PROGRAM AND ATTENDED MIDSHIPMAN SCHOOL AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY. HE SERVED AS AN ENSIGN AND A LIEUTENANT IN THE NAVY FROM 1942 TO 1946. HE SPENT SOME OF HIS SERVICE AT SHOEMAKER NAVY BASE IN PLEASANTON, CALIFORNIA, WHERE HE HANDLED PERSONNEL AND GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR.