Entered service August 6, 1940….Trained at Newport,  R.I…..Assigned to U.S.S. Relief;  U.S.S. San Francisco; 
U.S.S. Howard W. Gilmore;  U.S.N.R.S. Pearl Harbor…..

Awards: American Defense Medal 1 star;  American area;
Asiatic-Pacific Campign Medal , 7 stars;  Good Conduct Medal ,
2 stars;  Presidential Citation, 1 blue star; 
Philippine Liberation Medal;  World War II Victory Medal…
Date of discharge August 9, 1946…

Graduated New Milford Jr. High School 1937.       

New Milford in World War II
Teresa M. Martin
Copyright May 30 1947

Background image of U.S.N.R.S. Pearl Harbor obtained from:
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-s/ca38.htm