Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Honored By
Mr. Jack Gunderson
SERVED ON USS GUADALCANAL CVE-60 WITH TASK GROUP 22.3 (ANTI-SUBMARINE TASK GROUP) BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC IN WWII. AWARDED THE PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION FOR EXTRAORDINARY HEROISM FOR CAPTURING THE GERMAN SUBMARINE U-505 OFF THE COAST OF FRENCH WEST AFRICA. THIS WAS THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL BOARDING OF AN ENEMY MAN O' WAR ON THE HIGH SEAS BY THE U.S. NAVY SINCE 1815.