He enlisted in the US Navy Reserves, became and lieutenant, and was on active duty two months after graduation.
He spent five months in the Naval Training School at Harvard University, follow by the Naval Training School at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
He married Eiizabeth Anne Maloney of Springfield, Massachusetts, and had one son.
By February 1944, he had landed overseas and that summer was part of the US movement southwest of Normandy into Brittany.
He was assigned to eliminate German radar dispersed along the French coast and was killed in August 1944 when his jeep hit a German mine.
From NC State Alumni publication: http://mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?i=326003&p=10#{"issue_id":326003,"view":"articleBrowser","article_id":"2550013"}
He spent five months in the Naval Training School at Harvard University, follow by the Naval Training School at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
He married Eiizabeth Anne Maloney of Springfield, Massachusetts, and had one son.
By February 1944, he had landed overseas and that summer was part of the US movement southwest of Normandy into Brittany.
He was assigned to eliminate German radar dispersed along the French coast and was killed in August 1944 when his jeep hit a German mine.
From NC State Alumni publication: http://mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?i=326003&p=10#{"issue_id":326003,"view":"articleBrowser","article_id":"2550013"}
He enlisted in the US Navy Reserves, became and lieutenant, and was on active duty two months after graduation.
He spent five months in the Naval Training School at Harvard University, follow by the Naval Training School at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
He married Eiizabeth Anne Maloney of Springfield, Massachusetts, and had one son.
By February 1944, he had landed overseas and that summer was part of the US movement southwest of Normandy into Brittany.
He was assigned to eliminate German radar dispersed along the French coast and was killed in August 1944 when his jeep hit a German mine.
From NC State Alumni publication: http://mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?i=326003&p=10#{"issue_id":326003,"view":"articleBrowser","article_id":"2550013"}
He spent five months in the Naval Training School at Harvard University, follow by the Naval Training School at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
He married Eiizabeth Anne Maloney of Springfield, Massachusetts, and had one son.
By February 1944, he had landed overseas and that summer was part of the US movement southwest of Normandy into Brittany.
He was assigned to eliminate German radar dispersed along the French coast and was killed in August 1944 when his jeep hit a German mine.
From NC State Alumni publication: http://mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?i=326003&p=10#{"issue_id":326003,"view":"articleBrowser","article_id":"2550013"}
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