Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Gardiner, Maine
Honored By
A Grateful American
Served as a boatswain's mate petty officer 3rd Class aboard the USS Boise seeing combat in both the European and Pacific theaters of Operation. Recipient of the European-African-middle eastern campaign ribbon with two battle stars, Asiatic-Pacific ribbon with four battle stars, Philippine liberation with two battle stars, presidential unit citation ribbon, American campaign, WWII victory medal and the good conduct medal.