Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Tahlequah, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN 1945, AT THE CLOSE OF THE WAR. SERVED AS AN AIRCRAFT MECHANIC DURING AND AFTER THE WAR PERIOD, WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1948 AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN. AWARDED THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. RECALLED TO ACTIVE DUTY AND SERVED UNTIL AGAIN HONORABLY DISCHARGED.