ACTIVITY DURING WWII
ENLISTED
ON 26 JANUARY 1943. REPORTED ABOARD THE USS MERRILL DE- 392, AN EDSALL
CLASS DESTROYER ESCORT. SERVED IN THE ATLANTIC FLEET ASSIGNED TO
DESTROYER ESCORT DIVISION 45 CONVOY DUTY, SUCCESSFULLY ESCORTING 15
CONVOYS. DISCHARGED 8 NOVEMBER 1945, RATING OF YEOMAN THIRD CLASS PETTY
OFFICER.