Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
New York, New York
Honored By
Friends of American Heroes
He proudly served his country when he enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1942 during WWII. He joined the Navy Hospital Corps and worked at a Naval hospital at the U.S. Marine Corps Recruit Depot at Parris Island, South Carolina. In 1944 he applied for and was accepted into Officer Candidate School in Charleston, South Carolina.