ENLISTED IN LOUISVILLE,
KENTUCKY ON FEBRUARY 12, 1943. SERVED ON THE USS LST-495 IN THE
EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. FIRST ASSAULT WAS JUNE 6, 1944.
SERVED ON BOARD USS EMBATTLE (AM-226), IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF
OPERATIONS ON A MINESWEEPING OPERATION OFF OKINAWA. DISCHARGED MAY
16, 1946 AT GREAT LAKES NAVAL STATION, ILLINOIS. SEAMAN FIRST
CLASS.
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