Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Honored By
John Peterson
JOINED THE U.S. NAVY IN 1943, SERVING AS A COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER DURING WWII ABOARD THE USS ANTHEDON, A SUBMARINE TENDER. HE SAW NO LIVE FIRE IN ALMOST THREE YEARS, TRAVELING TO HAWAII, AUSTRALIA, AND SUBIC BAY IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND PATROLLING THE SOUTH CHINA SEA, THE PHILIPPINE SEA AND IN WATERS SOUTH OF JAPAN.