Branch of Service
U.S. Coast Guard
Hometown
Iron River, Michigan
Honored By
Reginald O. Falk
SERVED 1942-1946 IN AMERICAN, EUROPEAN AND ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATERS. ATTENDED OFFICER'S TRAINING SCHOOL IN NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT IN 1942. ESCORT AND ANTI-SUBMARINE VESSELS IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC DURING THE WINTER OF 1942. GUNNERY OFFICER ON LST 17 IN SICILY, ITALY IN 1943. SERVED WITH THE BRITISH AMPHIBIOUS GROUP OPERATING IN BURMA, BASED IN CALCUTTA, INDIA, DURING 1943-1944. GUNNERY OFFICER ON LST 17 AT NORMANDY, FRANCE LANDING ON D-DAY 1944. SERVED ON IWO JIMA, INSTALLING AND OPERATING LORAN STATION IN 1945-1946. COMPLETED SERVICE AS LIEUTENANT SENIOR GRADE.