Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Chicago, Illinois
Honored By
John W. Davis
USS Wasp CV-18; navigator, Central Pacific, Leyte Gulf. Participated in 2 battles of the Philippine Sea, Marianna 'Turkey Shoot', Iwo Jima, Okinawa; hit by a 500 pound bomb. Returned to Pearl Harbor, Bremerton Navy Yard, San Francisco, tugboat duty; discharged.