Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Olympia, Washington
Honored By
William W. Badgley
MAY 27, 1941 TO OCTOBER 30, 1960. ARRIVED IN PEARL HARBOR DECEMBER 24, 1941 AND WAS SENT TO KANOLE BAY FOR 19 MONTHS; WAS SENT TO GUADALCANAL, MUNDA, AND GREEN ISLAND FOR 13 MONTHS; THEN BACK TO THE U.S. AND GOT MARRIED. AFTER HAVING 11 MONTHS IN THE STATES, I GOT MY ORDERS TO GO OVERSEAS AGAIN AND THE WAR ENDED. GOD HAD TO BE WITH ME.