Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
San Diego, California
Honored By
Grateful Vietnam Veteran
He was on the the minesweeper USS Condor patrolling the east entrance the harbor hour before the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Later he was assigned to the transport ship USS La Salle ferrying troops, tanks and other equipment to war-torn islands across the Pacific, from Guadalcanal to Okinawa.