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Wall of Honor Level:
Air and Space Friend

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He was 17 years old when he joined the U.S. Naval Reserve in November 5 1939. He was called to active duty Thanksgiving Day in 1940 and was given two months to graduate high school. The Navy said he would be home in six months and then a year. He got home in about five years later when the war ended. He served three years on a destroyer, one year on a sub chaser and one year on a destroyer escort. He was discharged and when looking for a job but since he liked the Navy he enlisted din the Regular Navy and retired in 1959 with twenty years of service. He served on an aircraft carrier where he acquired his interest in aviation.