Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Plainwell, Michigan
Honored By
Elizabeth P. MacDuff
Relationship
Friend
He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1939, completing his basic training at Great Lakes Training Center, Illinois. He was part of Combat Wing 2 servicing PBY’s (flying boats/seaplanes). He was assigned to a seaplane tender, the USS Swan, out of Pearl Harbor until 1941. discharged in 1945. Continued his service after WWII.