ACTIVITY DURING WWII
ENLISTED ON 3 SEPTEMBER 1942 SERVED
ABOARD THE USS PONDERA APA-191, A HASKELL CLASS ATTACK TRANSPORT IN THE PACIFIC
THEATER OF OPERATIONS. MAY 1945 INVOLVED IN THE INVASION OF OKINAWA. DISCHARGED
7 DECEMBER 1945 WITH RATING OF STOREKEEPER THIRD CLASS PETTY OFFICER.