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-VOLUNTARY ENLISTMENT
Aug 10, 1943 / Portland, Maine
-CALLED TO ACTIVE DUTY
Aug 17, 1943 / Portland, Maine
-TRANSFERRED TO CAMP PERRY, VA
Aug 18 - Sep 21, 1943
-TRANSFERRED TO MARE ISLAND, CA
Oct 1, 1943 - Jun 19, 1944
-TRANSFERRED TO USS JASON
Jun 20 - Jul 12, 1944
-TRANSFERRED TO APA PRE-COM SCHOOL
Jul 17 - Oct 20, 1944 / Seattle, Washington
-TRANSFERRED TO NAS ASTORIA, OR
Oct 20 - 28, 1944
-TRANSFERRED TO USS MARATHON
Oct 28, 1944
-DEPARTED US WATERS
Jan 5, 1945
-CROSSED THE EQUATOR
Jan 28, 1945
-AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN and ASIATIC PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDALS
Feb 4, 1945
-INVASION OF OKINAWA, JAPAN
Apr 1 - 5, 1945
-KILLED WHEN USS MARATHON WAS TORPEDOED WHILE AT ANCHOR IN BUCKNER BAY OKINAWA, JAPAN
Jul 22, 1945