Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Paterson, New Jersey
Honored By
Friends of American Heroes
HE PROUDLY SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. NAVY AS A RADIOMAN DURING WWII AND WAS A PEARL HARBOR SURVIVOR. HE WAS AT NEARBY FORD ISLAND WHEN HE HEARD THE DISTINCTIVE SCREAM OF DIVE-BOMBERS FOLLOWED BY A MASSIVE BLAST. HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1945.