Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Friends of American Heroes
HE BECAME A NAVY LIEUTENANT AND SURVIVED THE SINKING OF TWO SHIPS. THE FIRST WAS TORPEDOED DURING THE INVASION OF SALERNO, ITALY, AND THREE-FOURTHS OF THE CREW DROWNED. HE WAS LATER ON A DESTROYER THAT WAS HIT BY AERIAL BOMBS IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC.