Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Long Beach, California
Honored By
G. Holcomb
COMMISSIONED IN 1940 AND ASSIGNED TO THE HEAVY CRUISER USS LOUISVILLE CA-28 FOR HIS FIRST TOUR OF DUTY. GRADUATED FROM THE NAVAL SUBMARINE SCHOOL IN GROTON, CONNECTICUT IN MARCH 1942 AND PARTICIPATED IN EIGHT SUBMARINE PATROLS DURING WWII.