Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Oneonta, New York
Honored By
Tex Seamon
HE ENLISTED IN THE U.S. NAVY IN 1943 AND TRAINED AT SAMPSON, SERVING AS A DIESEL MECHANIC. HE WITNESSED THE NORMANDY INVASION ON BOARD THE USS CATAMOUNT. FOR HIS SERVICE, HE RECEIVED A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION FROM THE FRENCH AND WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1946.