SERVED FROM 1943 TO
1946. ENLISTED, MARCH 12, 1943 IN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY. SERVED
ABOARD AN LST SHIP; LANDING TANK 473 LST GROUP 19, AND WITH LSM
FLOTILLA 6 IN THE ASIATIC- PACIFIC THEATER. AWARDED 5 BATTLE STARS.
LEYTE LANDING, 1944; LINGAYEN GULF LANDING, 1945; ZAMBALES-SUBIC BAY
OPERATION, JANUARY, 1945; AND MINDANAO ISLAND LANDING, APRIL,
1945. NAVY GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY
MEDAL, PHILIPPINE PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION, AND PHILIPPINE
LIBERATION MEDAL. RATING OF YEOMAN SECOND CLASS.
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