Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Friends of American Heroes
HE SCORED SO WELL IN ARMY TESTS THAT HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE ARMY SIGNAL CORPS INTELLIGENCE SERVICE IN AUSTRALIA. HIS UNIT BROKE THE JAPANESE CODE THAT RESULTED INTERCEPTING THE FLIGHT OF JAPANESE ADMIRAL ISOROKU YAMAMOTO, THE MASTERMIND BEHIND THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR. HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN AUGUST 1945.