Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Norridgewock, Maine
Honored By
RMCS Michael Lynett U.S. Navy (Ret)
Relationship
Fellow Navyman
The day he turned 17, he joined the Navy,” part of the Seabees, he was sent to Adak Island to construct a staging area complete with air bases, forts, and deep-water ports to assist in defense strategies to thwart Japanese forces from the string of islands off the southern coast of Alaska.