Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Jensen Beach, Florida
Honored By
Herman Goodman
Served in the Pacific 3 1/2 years, February 1942 to September 1945. After Pearl Harbor, shipped to Christmas Island on first Pacific task force with 697th Automatic Weapons (Radar) as a private. One year later, to 580th signal Automatic Weapons and from Private to Staff Sergeant then Technical Sergeant. Taken off Task force to Saigon to be Warrant Officer; taken off from what I was told was Iwo Jima task force, and sent back to the U.S. for final discharge.