Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Highland Springs, Virginia
Honored By
Russell T. Beggs
Naval Reserve; 11 weeks at boot training in Bainbridge, Maryland. Spent 16 weeks at cook bakers school, pass grade 4.0; promoted to Petty Officer 3rd Class; sent to Naval Air Station (NAS) in Clinton, Oklahoma. Assigned wing 1, Training Task Force: Special Task Air Group 2 and Special Air Task Group 3; Headquarters Squadron, Special Air Task Group 111, sat for: 1944 transfer to Whidbey Island, Washington. Assigned Utility Squadron 6.