Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Verona, New Jersey
Honored By
Emery D. Goodman
Relationship
Son
Enlisted from Atlanta, Georgia. Boot camp in Camp Perry, Virginia. Served 1944-1946 on amphibious landing ships in Pacific, mainly LST 313 which was in Tokyo Bay for formal Japanese surrender, 1945. Was among first Americans to encounter Japanese onshore in Shiogama, Sendai area after peace treaty was signed.