Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Brainerd, Minnesota
Honored By
Edmund Andrewjeski
Relationship
Self
ACTIVE DUTY FROM MARCH 11, 1943 TO MARCH 6, 1946. RECEIVED AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE. SERVED IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC THEATER OF WAR. WAS IN FARRAGUT, IDAHO FOR CAMP IN MARCH 1943. SERVED ON THE USS YO-120 AND USS CANEY (AO-95) FLEET TANKER. SERVED IN THIRD FLEET UNDER ADMIRAL HALSEY. SPENT TIME IN OKINAWA AS WELL AS MANY OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDS. WAS OFF THE COAST OF JAPAN WHEN THE ATOMIC BOMB WAS DROPPED ON HIROSHIMA.