Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Weymouth, Massachusetts
Honored By
Raymond G. Pelletier
ENLISTED JULY 1, 1942. TRANSFERRED TO THE USS BELKNAP AVD-8 FORMERLY DD-251 FOUR-STACK DESTROYER. CONVOY DUTY UP AND DOWN THE ATLANTIC AND BACK AND FORTH ACROSS THE ATLANTIC. FEBRUARY 1944, COMMISSIONED USS JOHN J. POWERS DE-528 AND RESUMES CONVOY DUTY IN THE ATLANTIC UNTIL JUNE 1945. AMONGST MY OTHER MEDALS, RECEIVED THE PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION WITH A BRONZE STAR. RETIRED FROM THE NAVY ON MARCH 1, 1963.