Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Chicago, Illinois
Honored By
Mrs. Willis S. Osth
CALLED TO ACTIVE DUTY, OCTOBER 1940. SERVED ON TROOP TRANSPORTS, USS FULLER APA-14E IN ATLANTIC UNTIL 6-1941, THEN THROUGH THE CANAL TO THE WEST COAST AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC. RETURNED TO THE STATES IN 1941 AND NAVAL WAR COLLEGE. TOOK COMMAND OF THE USS ATHENS, BACK TO THE SOUTH PACIFIC. TOOK SHIP INTO JAPAN AFTER V-J DAY, THEN TO SAN FRANCISCO. DISCHARGED 9-1-1973.