ACTIVITY DURING WWII
ENLISTED ON 10 DECEMBER 1943 AT
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY. ON BOARD THE USS LST-497 ON 29 FEBRUARY 1944 ASSIGNED TO
THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER OF OPERATIONS 6TH TO 25TH JUNE 1944
INVASION OF NORMANDY. DISCHARGED ON 26 NOVEMBER 1945. RATING OF SEAMAN FIRST
CLASS.