Dad's WW II Page
Dad in his Navy uniform.
The following two letters are about the Invasion of Sicily.  Also see
the writup about his ship the USS Jeffers on the internet.
Dad went into the Navy on April 12, 1942.  He was sent to Boulder,
Colorado to learn Radio.  From there he was assigned to the USS
Jeffers.  In August of 1943 he was sent to Maine to learn Radar.  After
school he went to Norfolk, Virginia to retrofit ships to Radar.  He
stayed there until his discharge in October 1945.