Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Chicago, Illinois
Honored By
Pearl Thomas
At the start of the war, he worked at a Martin Marietta plant. He then enlisted in the U.S. Navy serving on a destroyer escort, the USS Le Hardy, convoying troops and cargo vessels in the Western Pacific. With the end of hostilities, his ship participated in the surrender ceremonies on Wake Island. After his ship was decommissioned, he served at the Naval Air Station at Pearl Harbor.