Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Snellville, Georgia
Honored By
P. R. Britt
PACIFIC AREA, THE USS BLUE DESTROYER. WAS IN PEARL HARBOR ON DECEMBER 7, 1941, WHEN THE JAPANESE ATTACKED. ESCAPED, BUT SHIP SANK A FEW MONTHS LATER. WAS PICKED UP BY ANOTHER U.S. SHIP IN THE AREA.