ACTIVITY DURING WWII
ENLISTED ON 2 SEPTEMBER 1943 AT
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. SERVED ON THE USS LST 994, A LST 542 CLASS TANK LANDING
SHIP ASSIGNED TO THE EUROPEAN THEATER FOR INVASION OF SOUTHERN FRANCE. USS LCI
[L]37 LANDING CRAFT INFANTRY IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. USS BRONTES
APG-17, A PORTUNUS CLASS MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT TENDER. RATING OF SHIP'S COOK SECOND
CLASS PETTY OFFICER.