ACTIVITY DURING WWII
ENLISTED ON 11 SEPTEMBER 1942 AT
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY. 30 DECEMBER 1942 ASSIGNED TO THE USS RIXEY APH-3, A TRYON
CLASS CASUALTY EVACUATION TRANSPORT ASSIGNED TO SERVICE SQUADRON EIGHT IN THE
PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATION. MARCH 1943 BATTLE OF THE SOLOMON ISLANDS. JULY AND
AUGUST 1943 NEW GEORGIA CAMPAIGN, MAY 1944 MARIANA ISLANDS CAMPAIGN, JULY 1944
INVASION OF GUAM, NOVEMBER 1944 LEYTE, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, JANUARY 1945 LINGAYEN
GULF, APRIL 1945 OKINAWA AND SAIPAN. EARNED FOUR BATTLE STARS FOR THESE
OPERATIONS. RATING OF COXSWAIN.