Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Portland, Oregon
Honored By
Kaye Mushalik
Relationship
Daughter
RADIOMAN 1ST CLASS, WASHINGTON D.C. WAS IN THE NAVY RADIO ROOM WHEN THE MESSAGE CAME IN THAT PEARL HARBOR WAS BEING BOMBED. HE CONTINUED AS A RADIOMAN 1ST CLASS, AND THEN AS CHIEF RADIOMAN IN D.C. AND THEN ABOARD THE SHIP USS NEW MEXICO. HE WAS PRESENT ABOARD THE USS MISSOURI FOR THE JAPANESE SURRENDER IN TOKYO HARBOR.