Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Ohio
Honored By
An Indebted American
SERVED ON THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS HANCOCK (CV/CVA-19). WITNESSED THE SIGNING OF THE JAPANESE-AMERICAN PEACE TREATY IN SEPTEMBER 1945 AS THE USS HANCOCK WAS POSITIONED CLOSE TO THE BATTLESHIP USS MISSOURI. RECIPIENT OF FOUR BATTLE STARS IN 1946.