ENLISTED 24 SEPTEMBER 
            1942 AT LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY. REPORTED ABOARD THE USS ATA-215 
            (AUXILIARY OCEAN TUG) ON 18 DECEMBER 1944 SERVED ABOARD UNTIL 1 MAY 
            1946. ASSIGNED TO THE U.S. PACIFIC FLEET SERVICE SQUADRON 2. ARRIVED 
            AT LEYTE, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS ON 18 JUNE 1945. 28 JUNE 1945 RETURNED 
            TO ENIWETOK AND ON TO PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII. AWARD INCLUDE AMERICAN 
            CAMPAIGN, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. RATING OF 
            COXSWAIN.                                             
          
 
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