Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Honored By
A Grateful American
SERVED ABOARD THE DESTROYER USS SWANSON AS A SEAMAN FIRST CLASS FOR 33 MONTHS, HE SPENT SIX MONTHS IN THE ATLANTIC AND MEDITERRANEAN THEATERS OF OPERATION AND THE REMAINDER OF HIS WWII EXPERIENCE WAS IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC, WHERE HIS SHIP CREW WERE AWARDED FIVE BATTLE STARS.