Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Greensboro, North Carolina
Honored By
Sam B. Foushee
Tracked U-Boats in Atlantic Ocean. Commissioned duty gunner, communications and supply officer on LSM 489. In Guam with 7th Amphibious fleet for invasion of Japan when 'A Bombs' were dropped. Took Marines to North China for occupation troops in Tientsin. Left ship in November 1945 to come hone.