Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Goodlettsville, Tennessee
Honored By
Patrick W. Harrison
Relationship
Friend
SERVED ON AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS HOLLANDIA, CVE-97 IN THE THIRD FLEET FROM APRIL 1945 RESULTING IN THE SURRENDER OF THE JAPANESE EMPIRE, AUGUST 15,1945. THE CARRIERS WERE THE MAIN STRIKING FORCE OF THE PACIFIC FLEET AND HE WAS OPERATING OFF THE COAST OF JAPAN WHEN THE JAPANESE EMPIRE SURRENDERED.