ACTIVITY DURING WWII
ENLISTED ON 28 SEPTEMBER 1943 AT
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. SERVED ON THE USS RINEHART DE-196, A CANNON CLASS
DESTROYER ESCORT ASSIGNED TO THE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC FLEET. 8 MAY 1944 CONVOY
ESCORT BOUND FOR NORTH AFRICA ARRIVED AT BIZERTE, TUNISIA ON 1 JUNE 1944.
CONTINUED ON CONVOY DUTY UNTIL AND MAY, 1945 BETWEEN UNITED STATES AND GREAT
BRITAIN AND FRANCE. TOTAL OF 5 VOYAGES. JULY, 1945 ASSIGNED TO THE PACIFIC FLEET
ESCORT DIVISION 55 ARRIVING AT PEARL HARBOR ON 21 JULY 1945. 4 SEPTEMBER 1945
ASSIGNED TO THE USS KEARNY DD-432, A GREAVES CLASS DESTROYER. ESCORT DUTY
BETWEEN JAPAN AND PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND OKINAWA. SAILED FOR HOME ON 29 OCTOBER
1945 ARRIVED AT CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA ON 5 DECEMBER 1945. RATING OF SEAMAN
FIRST CLASS.