Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Fort Smith, Arkansas
Honored By
Sharon
Relationship
Wife
ATTENDED THE U. S. NAVAL ACADEMY AND GRADUATED IN 1943. TOOK FLIGHT TRAINING AT THE JACKSONVILLE NAVAL AIR STATION, FLORIDA. ASSIGNED FOR DUTY TO A HEAVY CRUISER AND SERVED IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN PACIFIC. SAW ACTION AT GUAM, SAIPAN, AND PHILIPPINES. WAS INVOLVED WITH ATTACKS ON IWO JIMA. SEPARATED FROM THE SERVICE IN 1946.