Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Birmingham, Alabama
Honored By
Ms. Angie Gossett
ENLISTED IN JANUARY 1945. AFTER SIX-WEEK TRAINING PERIOD AT GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN; WAS ASSIGNED TO GUAM, MARIANA ISLANDS AS A SUPERVISOR. TAUGHT A CREW OF THREE PEOPLE IN THE PROCEDURES FOR FIGHTING DIFFERENT FIRES FOR LAND, SHIPS AND AIRPLANES.