Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Portland, Oregon
Honored By
SGT Fred Waring, USAF-Ret.
Relationship
Self
QUIT SCHOOL AT AGE 16 TO WORK IN THE SHIP YARDS. JOINED THE U.S. NAVY; DECEMBER 11, 1943. SERVED ON 5 SHIPS IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC AS A GUNNER, ARMED GUARD. DISCHARGED MAY 2, 1946.