ACTIVITY DURING WWII
ENLISTED ON 27 MAY 1942 AT
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY. 9 JULY 1942 ASSIGNED TO THE USS NEW YORK BB-34, A
BATTLESHIP. LEFT NORFOLK, VIRGINIA ON 23 OCTOBER 1942 FOR OPERATION TORCH, THE
INVASION OF NORTH AFRICA. 16 JANUARY 1943 ASSIGNED TO THE USS DYSON DD-572, A
FLETCHER CLASS DESTROYER DOING ESCORT DUTY ON THE EAST COAST AND CARIBBEAN. 11
MARCH 1944 ASSIGNED TO THE USS BROUGH DE-148, AN EDSALL CLASS DESTROYER ESCORT,
ESCORTING SHIPPING TO EUROPEAN PORTS MAKING 24 CROSSINGS. RATING OF SEAMAN FIRST
CLASS.