Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Walnut Creek, California
Honored By
William E. Price
Commissioned Lieutenant Junior Grade October 1943. Promoted to Lieutenant in Tinian, July 1944. Gunnery Officer aboard SS Julien Dubuque (Liberty) March 1944. Shot down Japanese Betty when our ship was attacked in the Dutch East Indies. Again under Japanese bombing in Lingayen Gulf, Philippines, January 1945. Appointed Officer in Charge 1-C, SS MacAlester Victory, July 1945. Appointed General Major, commissioned officers met Treasure Island, California until February 1946.