Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Orlando, Florida
Honored By
Grateful American
STATIONED IN TRINIDAD WHEN HOSTILITIES BROKE OUT IN DECEMBER OF 1941. WHILE SERVING IN THE NAVY FROM 1941 TO 1961 AS AN AEROGRAPHER'S MATE, HE SERVED ON SEVERAL CARRIERS INCLUDING THE MIDWAY, WRIGHT AND CABOT, AND WAS LEAD WEATHERMAN DURING THE ATOMIC BOMB TESTS FOR OPERATION CROSSROADS AT BIKINI ATOLL IN 1946.