Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Raimund, Alabama
Honored By
Dr. Ken Peterson
Entered February 1944. Member of assault beach party teams and assault boat coxswain. Combat action in Borneo, Philippines, Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Celebrated 17th birthday occupying Wakayama, Japan, August 1945. Retired Lieutenant Colonel 1968; Special Forces.