Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Jamaica, New York
Honored By
Miss Marie Dullahan
Radioman 1st Class. Served from January 1944 to March 1946 aboard the USS Bellatrix, cargo attack. Served in the South Pacific the entire time. Enlisted at age 17 1/2. Saw action at Saipan, Tarawa and Iwo Jima. When the war ended he was sent to Japan for occupation duty. He also took the last radio message from Corregidor, which halted abruptly halfway through. Also spent time in Hawaii.