Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ọ bụ onye so na klas nke 1915 nke United States Naval Academy. Ọrụ ọ rụrụ n'ebe ndị dị mkpa n'elu mmiri nakwa n'ikpere mmiri kwadebere ya maka ọrụ ya dị ka ọchịagha nke Amphibious Group 6 n'oge mwakpo ahụ.
na Leyte, Luzon, Mindanao, na Borneo n'oge Agha Pacific na 1944 na 1945. E jiri akara ugo mmụta Distinguished Service Medal kwanyere atụmatụ ya na mmezu nke ọrụ ndị a dị mkpa, na ihe nrite (ọ nwụrụ na nkụchi obi n'ụgbọ mmiri ya) nke Gold Star kama ịbụ nke abụọ Distinguished Service Medal. A họpụtakwara ya ka ọ bụrụ Honorary Knight Commander nke Order nke British Empire maka ọrụ ya maka ihe jikọrọ ya.