Gender

Male

Birth date

1927-11-18

Place of birth

Isleton CA, U.S.A.

Inducted

1946-6-28, New York NY

Enlistment type

Volunteer

Service branch

Navy

Service type

Peacetime

Unit type

Support

Units served

U.S.S. Robert H. McCard (Destroyer), U.S.S. Badoeng Strait (Escort Aircraft Carrier), & U.S.S. Princeton (Aircraft Carrier)

Military specialty

Maintaining and repairing electronic equiptment aboard ships listed.

Stationed

Ship's visit to Guantanamo, Cuba; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Boston, Mass.; Newport, R.I.; Orange, Tx; Galveston, Tx; Charleston, S.C.; San Francisco, Ca.; Seattle, Wa; Pearl Harbor, Hi.; Norfolk, Va.; Brooklyn, N.Y.; San Diego, Ca.; Guam-Tsintao, China; Yokohama, Japan; Tokyo, Japan

Separated

Seattle WA

Unit responsibility

Supporting task force; transporting aircrafts. Support air operations.

Personal responsibility

Keeping the electronic equiptment aboard the ship going.

Major battles (if served in a war zone)

Tsingtao, protecting the American citizens, Naval & Marine personnel before Communist Chinese takeover.

Awards, medals, citations (individual or unit)

American Theatre - Good Conduct - Victory Medal World War II - China Service

Living conditions

Always slept inside aboard ship. Bathe in showers (sometimes salt water). Food was always good (I have no complaint). Watch movies aboard ship or when in port & when possible on tour of the city. Played in dance band when the midshipmen were aboard.