Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Celeste, Texas
Honored By
Grateful American
JOINED THE NAVY IN JULY 1942 AND WAS AN AVIATION RADIOMAN THIRD CLASS, STATIONED AT LAKEHURST NAVAL AIR STATION. ASSIGNED TO BLIMP SQUADRON 12, WHOSE MISSION WAS TO PATROL THE ATLANTIC OF THE COAST OF NEW JERSEY IN SEARCH OF GERMAN U-BOATS.