U.S. NAVY PHARMACISTS
MATE THIRD CLASS PETTY OFFICER. SERVED ON THE USS GOSPER AKA-170 A
HASKELL CLASS ATTACK TRANSPORT SHIP CONVERTED TO A CASUALTY
EVACUATION SHIP. SAILED FROM SEATTLE, WASHINGTON ON 26 AUGUST 1945
FOR THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND TOOK ON BOARD A LARGE GROUP OF
AMERICAN, BRITISH AND CANADIAN SERVICEMEN WHO WERE PRISONERS OF WAR
SINCE 1941. RETURNED TO SEATTLE, WASHINGTON OCTOBER 1945.
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