Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Mars Hill, Maine
Honored By
Louann Dustin-Hunter
Relationship
Granddaughter
SIGNALMAN ON LST SHIPS DURING AFRICAN INVASION, ITALY, FRANCE. TWO LST SHIPS WERE SHOT OUT FROM UNDER: ONE BY TORPEDO AND ONE BY ARTILLERY FIRE. SERVED ON THE USS AUGUSTA CA-31 1942-1945. ALSO THE LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING CHAMPION OF FLOTILLA 20, THE AMPHIBIOUS FORCE OF THE ATLANTIC FLEET.