| Description | His experiences in the Mediterranean Theater during World War II. Enlistment in the Navy and boot camp at San Diego Naval Training Station, 1942; Fleet Torpedo School, San Diego, 1942; Motor Torpedo Boats Squadron Training Center, Melville, Rhode Island, 1942; assignment to PT Squadron 15, January, 1943; stationing at Bone, Tunisia, 1943; screening operations for the invasion of Sicily, 1943; transfer to Palermo, 1943, and the interception of German barge traffic; encounters with German “F-lighter” armed barges and E-boats; screening operations for the invasion of Salerno, 1943; assignment to the advance base at Bastia, Corsica, 1943; operations along the coasts of northern Italy and southern France and the interdiction of German barge traffic; torpedo problems; commando and intelligence operations; combat against enemy destroyers; his return to the States, July, 1944, and reassignment to the Motor Torpedo Boats Training Center; transfer to Samar, Philippines, April, 1945. |
