ACTIVITY DURING WWII
ENLISTED
ON 18 JUNE 1943. SERVED ON THE USS JOHN LAND AP-167, A LA SALLE CLASS
TROOP TRANSPORT AND USS LCI(G)80, A LANDING CRAFT INFANTRY (GUNS) IN THE
ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. JUNE 1944 CAPTURED AND
OCCUPATION OF SAIPAN; JULY 1944 CAPTURED AND OCCUPATION OF TINIAN;
SEPTEMBER 1944 WESTERN CAROLINE ISLAND OPERATION; OCTOBER 1944 LEYTE
OPERATION; JANUARY 1945 LUZON OPERATION; MARCH 1945 IWO JIMA OPERATION.
RATING OF SEAMAN FIRST CLASS.