ACTIVITY DURING WWII
ENLISTED ON 2 DECEMBER 1943. ASSIGNED
TO THE USS TICONDEROGA CV-14, AN ESSEX CLASS AIRCRAFT CARRIER COMMISSIONING
CREW. SAILED FROM NORFOLK, VIRGINIA ON 30 AUGUST 1944 FOR SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
ARRIVING ON 13 SEPTEMBER 1944. SAILED FOR HAWAII ON 19 SEPTEMBER 1944, ARRIVED
ON 24 SEPTEMBER 1944. TRANSFERRED TO RADAR SCHOOL. RATING OF RADAR SEAMAN FIRST
CLASS.