Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Trenton, New Jersey
Honored By
A Grateful American
SERVED IN SEVEN INVASIONS. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE TOKYO BAY OCCUPATION FORCE 31, AND HE PARTICIPATED IN THE INITIAL LANDING AND OCCUPATION OF THE TOKYO BAY AREA, AND THE CAPTURE OF HIJMS NAGATO, WHICH THIS ACT SYMBOLIZED THE UNCONDITIONAL AND COMPLETE SURRENDER OF THE JAPANESE NAVY ON AUGUST 30, 1945.