Branch of Service
U.S. Coast Guard
Hometown
Kosciusco, Mississippi
Honored By
Tracy Rainey
VOLUNTEERED JUNE 22, 1943. OFFICER'S CANDIDATE SCHOOL (OCS), SAN MATEO, CALIFORNIA, 1943. 1944 - DELIVERED TROOPS AND CARGO FOR INITIAL INVASION OF GUAM, LEYTE GULF AND TACLOBAN, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. I MADE MURMANSK RUN IN FEBRUARY 1945. RENDEZVOUS OFF JAPAN FOR IMMINENT INVASION IN AUGUST 1945. BECAME 3 STRIPE COMMANDER.