Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Kinnelon, New Jersey
Honored By
A Fellow Veteran
HE WAS THE COMMANDER OF THE USS LCI(G)-24. HIS SHIP SAW ACTION IN CAMPAIGNS AT NEW GEORGIA, BOUGAINVILLE, THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, THE LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND BORNEO, AND EARNED 5 BATTLE STARS FOR HER ACTION IN THE LIBERATION OF THE EMBATTLED PACIFIC THEATER.