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- Enlisted at age 17
- Assigned to the U.S.S. Dickerson
- Maintained evaporators on board the ship
- Stole ice cream packets belonging to the officers to make milkshakes
- Transported underwater demolition teams in support of the attacks on Saipan and Guam
- Survived kamikaze attack on April 2, 1945; 54 crewmates killed
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