Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Ambridge, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Friend
USS NASHVILLE CL-43, MAY 1943 TO SEPTEMBER 1945; MARCUS ISLAND, WAKE ISLAND, BOUGAINVILLE LANDINGS, CAPE GLOUSTER LANDINGS, BOMBARDED ADMIRALTY, HAUWEI, HUMBOLDT BAY, TANAH MERAH BAY, AITAPE, WAKDE SAWAR, BIAK GALELA BAY; AIR ATTACK OFF BIAK, DECEMBER 1944 BY KAMIKAZE PLANE; SEPTEMBER 1945 FIRST CRUISER TO ENTER YANGTZE RIVER AND MOOR OFF SHANGHAI MEDALS: PHILIPPINE LIBERATION 2 STARS, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATRE 6 STARS, WWII VICTORY.