ENLISTED ON 12 APRIL
1943 AT LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY. DISCHARGED NOVEMBER 1945. REPORTED
ABOARD THE USS MAHAN DD-364 ON 12 DECEMBER 1943 IN THE PACIFIC
THEATER OF OPERATIONS. BOMBARDED SHORE DEFENSES ON NEW BRITAIN NEAR
GLOUCESTER. FEBRUARY 1944, SUPPORTED LANDING ON THE ADMIRALTY
ISLANDS, GUAM, SAIPAN AND THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. 7 DECEMBER 1944,
WAS HIT BY THREE KAMIKAZE AIRCRAFT ON THE SUPERSTRUCTURE AND
EXPLODING INTO FLAMES. DAMAGE WAS TOO GREAT TO SAVE THE MAHAN AND IT
WAS ABANDONED AND SUNK BY A U.S. NAVY DESTROYER. REPORTED ABOARD THE
USS CHARLES P. CECIL DD-835 SAILED HER FROM BATH, MAINE TO SAN
DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. DEPARTED HER ON 20 NOVEMBER 1945 FOR DISCHARGE.
RATING OF SIGNALMAN SECOND CLASS PETTY OFFICER.
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