Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Orinda, California
Honored By
Friends of American Heroes
HE PROUDLY SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. NAVY DURING WWII WITH A NAVY DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY UNIT. HE CAPTURED SOME OF THE MOST POIGNANT SHOTS OF WWII FROM THE FUNERAL OF PRESIDENT FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT IN APRIL OF 1945, TO A PILOT BEING RESCUED FROM HIS CRASHED AIRPLANE AND EVEN THE DESTRUCTION OF JAPAN SHORTLY AFTER IT WAS STRUCK BY THE ATOMIC BOMB.