ENLISTED ON 31 JULY
1943 AT LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY. SERVED ON THE USS DE GRASSE AK-223, A
CRATER CLASS CARGO SHIP. SAILED ON 22 NOVEMBER 1943 FROM PORT
HUENEME, CALIFORNIA WITH CONSTRUCTION BATTALION AND CARGO. ARRIVED
AT PEARL HARBOR ON 2 DECEMBER 1942, SAILED FOR THE MARSHALL AND
GILBERT ISLANDS. FEBRUARY 1944 AT THE INVASION OF THE MARIANA
ISLANDS. JULY 1944 LANDED REINFORCEMENTS ON SAIPAN. JANUARY 1945
CARRIED TROOPS TO ULITHI STAGING POINT FOR OKINAWA. EARNED THREE
BATTLE STARS FOR WWII SERVICE. RATING OF FIREMAN FIRST CLASS.
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