Branch of Service
U.S. Coast Guard
Hometown
Salisbury, North Carolina
Honored By
Boot Camp Companion
WHILE STILL IN BOOT CAMP AT CURTIS BAY, MARYLAND, MARCHED IN PRESIDENT FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT'S FUNERAL PROCESSION. SERVED ON THE U.S. COAST GUARD CUTTER GENERAL M.C. MEIGS. SAILED ALL OVER THE WORLD IN THE LATTER PART OF THE WAR (1945-1946), CROSSING THE EQUATOR SEVERAL TIMES, TRANSPORTING HOME SERVICEMEN ELIGIBLE FOR DISCHARGE.