Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Petersburg, Indiana
Honored By
Mose Gross
Duty as an Assistant Navigator on board the cruiser USS Helena CL-50 at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7, 1941. Ship severely damaged and put out of action for nine months. Transferred to the U.S. Navy Commissioning Detail Gulf Coast, operating out of Ingalls Ship Building, Pascagoula, Mississippi. 10,000 ton attack transports and baby flat top carriers were built.