Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Laramie, Wyoming
Honored By
Albert L. Miner
Amphibious Force combined operations: U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Army. The U.S. Marine Corps, 28th Marines, launched in the first wave at Iwo Jima, from the USS Deuel APA-160. The U.S. Army, 37th Infantry Division elements sent ashore D-Day plus 6, Okinawa. The 7th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division to Tokyo. The 509th Bomb Group, 162nd Regiment, 411th Infantry Division.