Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Marshall, North Carolina
Honored By
Jonna Tobin, PhD
Relationship
Friend
SPENT 15 MONTHS IN NORTH AFRICA AND THEN WENT TO THE NAVAL RECEIVING STATION IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. FROM THERE HE WAS STATIONED ON THE USS WEST VIRGINIA BATTLESHIP BB-48 WHOSE MISSION WAS TO TRAVEL TO PEARL HARBOR AND BACK TO BRING THE TROOPS HOME.