Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Rochester, Minnesota
Honored By
Pam Pickett & Don Porath
Relationship
Children
JOINED NAVY RESERVE IN 1939 AND BEGAN ACTIVE DUTY, MARCH 1941. STATIONED AT PEARL HARBOR ON FORD ISLAND WHEN IT WAS ATTACKED ON DECEMBER 7, 1941. LATER, WAS AT THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY AND TOOK PART IN THE FIGHTING IN THE MARSHALL AND GILBERT ISLANDS IN THE PACIFIC. AVIATION METALSMITH.