ENTERED SERVICE ON 22
MAY 1942 AT LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY. SERVED ABOARD THE USS LCI (L) 190
(LANDING CRAFT INFANTRY LARGE). ASSIGNED TO THE
EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. ARRIVED IN
NORTHWEST AFRICA WATERS IN JUNE 1943. WAS INJURED ON 3 AUGUST 1943
IN AN AIR RAID ON ADVANCED AMPHIBIOUS TRAINING BASE BIZERTE,
TUNISIA. RATING OF COXSWAIN BOATSWAIN'S MATE THIRD CLASS PETTY
OFFICER.
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