Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Woodbridge, New Jersey
Honored By
A Grateful American
HE VOLUNTEERED TO JOIN THE U.S. NAVY ON DECEMBER 8, 1941, AND WAS CALLED TO ACTIVE DUTY ON JANUARY 29, 1942. HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A CARPENTER'S MATE FIRST CLASS IN NOVEMBER 1945. MOST OF HIS DUTY WAS IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC AND AUSTRALIA, SERVING ABOARD TWO SHIPS, THE USS ALTAMAHA AND THE USS ORION.