Branch of Service
U.S. Coast Guard
Hometown
Longhill, Connecticut
Honored By
A Grateful American
HE ENLISTED IN THE U.S. COAST GUARD AFTER WHICH HE WAS ACCEPTED INTO OFFICER'S CANDIDATE SCHOOL AT THE U.S. COAST GUARD ACADEMY IN NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT. UPON COMPLETION OF HIS TRAINING, HE WAS COMMISSIONED AS AN ENSIGN IN THE U.S. COAST GUARD. HE PROUDLY SERVED HIS COUNTRY UNTIL HE WAS RELEASED FROM ACTIVE DUTY IN FEBRUARY OF 1946.