Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Park River, North Dakota
Honored By
Robert Hardy
Relationship
Son
SERVED IN THE CAMPAIGNS ON THE MARIANA ISLANDS, TRUK, TINIAN, SAIPAN AND IWO JIMA. ONE OF THE FIRST TROOPS TO SECURE NAGASAKI IN SEPTEMBER 1945, LIBERATING KOREAN PRISONERS OF WAR AND RETURNING TO THE U.S., CELEBRATING HIS 21ST BIRTHDAY EN ROUTE HOME.