Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Englewood, New Jersey
Honored By
A Fellow Veteran
ENTERING SERVICE ON DECEMBER 8, 1941, AND SEEING ACTION IN SEVERAL THEATERS, HE SERVED ON THE BATTLESHIP USS TEXAS IN THE ATLANTIC AND THEN ON THE BATTLESHIP USS ALABAMA IN THE PACIFIC THEATER. A 16' DECK GUN CAPTAIN ON THE ALABAMA, HE ALSO SERVED AS A HARD HAT DIVER, DURING THE LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.