Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
New York, New York
Honored By
Friends of American Heroes
HE PROUDLY SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. NAVY AS A CHIEF PETTY OFFICER AND RADIO TECHNICIAN DURING WWII. HE WAS STATIONED AT A NAVAL AIR STATION IN RHODE ISLAND AND THEN WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE WILLOW GROVE NAVAL AIR STATION IN HORSHAM, PENNSYLVANIA AS PART OF A TEAM THAT INSTALLED RADAR ON PLANES THAT COULD DETECT GERMAN SUBMARINES.