ENTERED SERVICE JUNE
1942 AND SERVED UNTIL DECEMBER 1945. RECRUIT TRAINING AT MARINE
CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. RECEIVED TRAINING AT
TREASURE ISLAND NAVAL BASE, CALIFORNIA AND CAMP ELLIOT, SAN DIEGO,
CALIFORNIA. WAS IN THE PACIFIC THEATERS OF OPERATION WITH THE 3RD
AMPHIBIAN CORPS, FLEET MARINE FORCE. CAMPAIGNS INCLUDED SOLOMON
ISLANDS, MARIANA, PALAU ISLANDS, AND BATTLE OF OKINAWA. OCCUPATION
DUTY IN TIENTSIN, CHINA. PLATOON SERGEANT.
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