ENLISTED 2 DECEMBER
1943 AT LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY. DISCHARGED ON 3 OCTOBER 1945. SERVED
ON THE USS LST 662 ASSIGNED TO THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER OF
OPERATIONS. PARTICIPATED IN THE FOLLOWING OPERATIONS: CAPTURE AND
OCCUPATION OF PALAU ISLAND, ZAMBALES AND SUBIC BAY AND ASSAULT AND
OCCUPATION OF OKINAWA. EARNED THREE BATTLE STARS FOR THESE
OPERATIONS. RATING OF SEAMAN FIRST CLASS.
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