ACTIVITY DURING WWII
ENLISTED ON 23 OCTOBER 1942 AT
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. SERVED IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS ON THE USS
POCOMOKE AV-9, A SEAPLANE TENDER, AND WITH FLEET AIRWING ONE IN THE SOUTH
PACIFIC. DISCHARGED ON 20 JANUARY 1946. RATING OF AVIATION MACHINIST'S MATE
THIRD CLASS PETTY OFFICER.