Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Crestwood, New York
Honored By
Family
Served as a Combat Cargo Officer aboard the USS Colbert, AKA-145 in the Pacific Theater. Left college to attend the V-12 at Dartmouth and then attended Officer Training School at Quantico, by way of Parris Island. Upon graduation, was given immediate orders to report to his ship in the Pacific. Served until the war ended.