Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Lake Stevens, Washington
Honored By
American Legion Post 181
HE JOINED THE U.S. NAVY IN JANUARY, 1944. HE WAS AN AERIAL GUNNER ON A PATROL BOMBER (PMB) THAT PATROLLED FOR GERMAN SUBMARINES THROUGHOUT THE CARIBBEAN ISLANDS AND THE SOUTH ATLANTIC. ONE TIME THEIR PLANE CRASH LANDED IN THE ATLANTIC, BUT ALL 11 CREW MEMBERS WERE RESCUED FROM THEIR LIFE RAFTS. HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN JUNE, 1946.