Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Coloma, Michigan
Honored By
Robert L. Balfour
SERVED THREE AND A HALF YEARS ON ADMIRAL HALSEY'S THIRD FLEET STAFF AND ABOARD THE FLAGSHIP USS MISSOURI AT THE FORMAL SURRENDER OF THE JAPANESE FORCES TO THE ALLIED POWERS IN TOKYO BAY SEPTEMBER 2, 1945. CALLED BACK FOR THE KOREAN WAR, 1950 TO 1951.