Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Morgantown, West Virginia
Honored By
Jane K. Frost
Relationship
Spouse
COMMISSIONED NAVAL AVIATOR, ENSIGN U.S. NAVAL RESERVES SEPTEMBER, 1943 THROUGH LIEUTENANT JUNIOR GRADE 1945. ACTIVE DUTY: PATROL BOMBING SQUADRON VPB 208 DECEMBER, 1943 THROUGH DECEMBER, 1945. SERVED IN SAIPAN, IWO JIMA, ULITHI AND OKINAWA. ABOARD USS HAMLIN CA-15 MARCH 1945. PART OF THE SURRENDER FLEET IN TOKYO. AWARDS: DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS, AIR MEDAL WITH TWO STARS, AMERICAN THEATER, PACIFIC THEATER, NAVAL RESERVE AND WWII VICTORY RIBBONS.