Fireman First Class. Served aboard the USS Houston and was killed in action during the Battle in the Sunda Strait. The USS Houston and HMAS Perth went up against the entire Japanese Battle Fleet. Sources: American Battle Monuments Commission and the USS Houston website.
Recipient of the:
Purple Heart
Navy Presidential Unit Citation
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal With/2 battle stars
Navy Good Conduct Medal
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THE GALLOPING GHOST OF THE JAVA COAST
"To this day, we do not know how many American Sailors went down with the Houston, but of her crew of about 1,100 only 368 survived to be captured by the Japanese. As many as 150 are known to have made it into the water alive, only to perish from wounds, drowning, exposure, washed by the current into the vast Indian Ocean, and some were machine-gunned by the Japanese in the water," said Naval History and Heritage Command Director Sam Cox at a March 5, 2016, Memorial Service for USS Houston (CA-30). "Uncommon courage would be required even for the survivors, of whom only 291 would still be alive after three-and-a-half years of starvation, disease, torture, and forced labor in brutal Japanese prisons."
Source: Naval History and Command Website
Recipient of the:
Purple Heart
Navy Presidential Unit Citation
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal With/2 battle stars
Navy Good Conduct Medal
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THE GALLOPING GHOST OF THE JAVA COAST
"To this day, we do not know how many American Sailors went down with the Houston, but of her crew of about 1,100 only 368 survived to be captured by the Japanese. As many as 150 are known to have made it into the water alive, only to perish from wounds, drowning, exposure, washed by the current into the vast Indian Ocean, and some were machine-gunned by the Japanese in the water," said Naval History and Heritage Command Director Sam Cox at a March 5, 2016, Memorial Service for USS Houston (CA-30). "Uncommon courage would be required even for the survivors, of whom only 291 would still be alive after three-and-a-half years of starvation, disease, torture, and forced labor in brutal Japanese prisons."
Source: Naval History and Command Website
Fireman First Class. Served aboard the USS Houston and was killed in action during the Battle in the Sunda Strait. The USS Houston and HMAS Perth went up against the entire Japanese Battle Fleet. Sources: American Battle Monuments Commission and the USS Houston website.
Recipient of the:
Purple Heart
Navy Presidential Unit Citation
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal With/2 battle stars
Navy Good Conduct Medal
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THE GALLOPING GHOST OF THE JAVA COAST
"To this day, we do not know how many American Sailors went down with the Houston, but of her crew of about 1,100 only 368 survived to be captured by the Japanese. As many as 150 are known to have made it into the water alive, only to perish from wounds, drowning, exposure, washed by the current into the vast Indian Ocean, and some were machine-gunned by the Japanese in the water," said Naval History and Heritage Command Director Sam Cox at a March 5, 2016, Memorial Service for USS Houston (CA-30). "Uncommon courage would be required even for the survivors, of whom only 291 would still be alive after three-and-a-half years of starvation, disease, torture, and forced labor in brutal Japanese prisons."
Source: Naval History and Command Website
Recipient of the:
Purple Heart
Navy Presidential Unit Citation
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal With/2 battle stars
Navy Good Conduct Medal
***********
THE GALLOPING GHOST OF THE JAVA COAST
"To this day, we do not know how many American Sailors went down with the Houston, but of her crew of about 1,100 only 368 survived to be captured by the Japanese. As many as 150 are known to have made it into the water alive, only to perish from wounds, drowning, exposure, washed by the current into the vast Indian Ocean, and some were machine-gunned by the Japanese in the water," said Naval History and Heritage Command Director Sam Cox at a March 5, 2016, Memorial Service for USS Houston (CA-30). "Uncommon courage would be required even for the survivors, of whom only 291 would still be alive after three-and-a-half years of starvation, disease, torture, and forced labor in brutal Japanese prisons."
Source: Naval History and Command Website
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