Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Honored By
An Indebted American
ENLISTED AS A U.S. NAVAL AVIATION CADET IN 1943. JOINED THE U.S. MARINE CORPS IN 1944. SERVED ABOARD THE LIGHT CRUISER USS PROVIDENCE IN THE FINAL MONTHS OF WWII WHICH WAS BASED IN THE CARIBBEAN SEA. WAS LATER DEPLOYED TO THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA UNTIL 1946.