Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Ludlow, Massachusetts
Honored By
National Funeral Directors Association
ENTERED THE NAVY IN OCTOBER 1943. BOOT CAMP AT SAMPSON. MACHINIST'S MATE SCHOOL IN GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS. BOARDED A SHIP AT THE BROOKLYN NAVY YARD AND SAILED TO THE PACIFIC. PARTICIPATED IN SIX INVASIONS; LEYTE, LUZON, SAN FELIPE, LA PAZ, GRANDE ISLAND AND OKINAWA. PRESENT IN TOKYO FOR SIGNING OF SURRENDER AND REPATRIATING PRISONERS OF WAR. DISCHARGED ON 1/11/46.