Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Quincy, Illinois
Honored By
Douglas Cameron
Relationship
Nephew
HE PARTICIPATED IN SICILIAN OCCUPATION, JULY 1943 WEST COAST OF ITALY OPERATIONS 1944; ANZIO-NETTUNO ADVANCED LANDINGS, JANUARY THROUGH MARCH 1944 SALERNO LANDINGS; SEPTEMBER 1943 AND INVASION OF NORMANDY, JUNE 1944. HE PILOTED LST 379 THROUGH THE PANAMA CANAL EN ROUTE TO OKINAWA, JAPAN FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE INVASION JAPAN.