ACTIVITY DURING WWII
ENLISTED ON 14 MARCH 1944 AT
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. ASSIGNED TO THE USS LST-623, A TANK LANDING SHIP IN THE
PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. LEYTE OPERATION OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER, 1944, LUZON
OPERATION JANUARY, 1945, CONSOLIDATION AND CAPTURE OF THE SOUTHERN PHILIPPINE
ISLANDS MARCH, 1945. TRANSFERRED ON 6 OCTOBER 1945 TO GREAT LAKES NAVAL STATION,
ILLINOIS FOR DISCHARGE. RATING OF SEAMAN SECOND CLASS.