Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Pensacola, Florida
Honored By
Marion Frederickson Hernandez
Relationship
Daughter
1940-1942 NAVY DEPARTMENT AS COST ACCOUNTANT, USS CHICKASAW ATF-83 SHIP BUILDING, MOBILE, ALABAMA. AUGUST 1942 TO MAY 1945, SERVED ABOARD THE USS HONOLULU CL-48 IN COMBAT AREAS, THREE YEARS AS A COMBAT AIR CREWMAN, AERIAL GUNNER, RADIOMAN AND AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHER. AWARDED THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER MEDAL WITH 13 BATTLE STARS, COMMENDATION RIBBON, AIR CREW WINGS, 3 STARS, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION WITH 1 STAR, COMMENDATION FROM ADMIRAL AINSWORTH AND NUMEROUS RIBBONS.