Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Choctaw, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
DROPPED OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL TO SERVE HIS COUNTRY DURING THE WAR. SERVED, WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED, AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN. RETURNED TO FINISH HIGH SCHOOL AFTER THE WAR AND WAS AWARDED HIS DIPLOMA.