At the age of 6, his family moved from Lindsay, Texas to Helena, Texas where they lived for a year, then moved to Runge, Texas where he attended elementary and high school until he entered the Navy in 1942 when World War II was declared. He served in the Navy for 3½ years on the U.S.S. Brazos, an oil tanker. He was a machinist mate traveling to many military bases in the Aleutian Islands and Alaska.
At the age of 6, his family moved from Lindsay, Texas to Helena, Texas where they lived for a year, then moved to Runge, Texas where he attended elementary and high school until he entered the Navy in 1942 when World War II was declared. He served in the Navy for 3½ years on the U.S.S. Brazos, an oil tanker. He was a machinist mate traveling to many military bases in the Aleutian Islands and Alaska.
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