Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Lorain, Ohio
Honored By
An Indebted American
SERVED FROM 1943 TO 1946 AS A PHARMACIST'S MATE THIRD CLASS. ALSO PLAYED TRUMPET IN THE NAVY BAND ABOARD VARIOUS SHIPS. WAS ABOARD THE USS JOSEPH T. DICKMAN AT OMAHA BEACH DURING THE D-DAY INVASION. SERVED IN BOTH THE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC THEATERS OF OPERATION. STUDIED AT PRINCETON UNIVERSITY IN A NAVAL OFFICERS TRAINING PROGRAM.