Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Friends of American Heroes
HE PROUDLY SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. MARINE CORPS AS A DRILL INSTRUCTOR AND IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC DURING WWII. HE SERVED FROM 1943 UNTIL THE LAST DAY OF 1965. HE WAS AWARDED THE CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL.