Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Verona, New Jersey
Honored By
His Children & Grandchildren
SERVED FROM AUGUST 1943 TO NOVEMBER 1945 ON THE USS WILLIAMSBURG, A GUNBOAT ON PATROL OFF THE EAST COAST OF THE U.S. HE HAD WANTED TO JOIN THE NAVY SOONER, BUT THEY WOULDN'T TAKE HIM BECAUSE HE WAS DOING DEFENSE WORK. WHEN HE WAS FINALLY ABLE TO JOIN, HE WENT WHERE HE WAS TOLD, BUT HE WISHED HE COULD HAVE DONE MORE.