Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Florida
Honored By
Survivors of the USS Block Island CVE-21
SERVED AS THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF AIR SQUADRON VC-1, ABOARD THE USS BLOCK ISLAND (CVE-21). VC-1 WAS ON THE BLOCK ISLAND FOR THE SHIP'S FIRST COMBAT PATROL; OCTOBER 15, 1943 TO NOVEMBER 25, 1943.