Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Milroy, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Sandy & SuAnn Oberholtzer
Relationship
Family Friends
ENTERED THE WAR AS SONARMAN 3RD CLASS PETTY OFFICER ABOARD DE-172 USS COONER TRACKING ENEMY SUBMARINES AND PROVIDING TARGET INFORMATION. CROSSED THE ATLANTIC OCEAN 18 TIMES, THEN STATIONED ON THE PACIFIC COAST BEING SENT TO PANAMA, HAWAII AND CALIFORNIA PREPARING TO INVADE JAPAN.