ACTIVITY DURING WWII
ENLISTED ON 30 NOVEMBER 1942 AT
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. 4 JULY 1943 ASSIGNED TO THE USS YMS-42, A
MINELAYER/SWEEPER. 18 MARCH 1944 ASSIGNED TO THE USS ATR-15, A RESCUE TUG
ASSIGNED TO THE INVASION OF NORMANDY JUNE 6 TO 19 1944. 9 OCTOBER 1944 ASSIGNED
TO THE USS CHIMO ACM-1, A MINELAYER OPERATING OUT OF PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND AND ALONG
COAST OF CHEBOURG, BAY OF SAINT-BRIEVC AND BREST, FRANCE. RETURNED TO NORFOLK,
VIRGINIA MARCH, 1945. RATING OF SEAMAN FIRST CLASS.