ACTIVITY DURING WWII
ENLISTED
ON 15 DECEMBER 1941. ASSIGNED TO THE USS OMAHA CL-4, LEAD SHIP OF OMAHA
CLASS LIGHT CRUISERS. SERVED WITH THE ATLANTIC FLEET. 9 FEBRUARY 1944
ASSIGNED TO THE USS ATR-15, AN ATR 1 CLASS RESCUE TUG ASSIGNED TO THE
EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER OF OPERATIONS, LOST ON 19 JUNE
1944 BY GROUNDING OFF NORMANDY, FRANCE. ASSIGNED TO THE USS LSM-301,
MEDIUM LANDING SHIP OF THE LMS CLASS ASSIGNED TO THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC
THEATER OF OPERATIONS. RATING OF MACHINIST'S MATE FIRST CLASS PETTY
OFFICER.