Graduated Kansas State University, civil engineering, 1940; Naval ROTC at K-State; Worked on Alaskan Highway until commissioned as Ensign in January of 1944; Served on ammunition ship, USS Wrangell; watched Marines raise flag on Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima on morning of February 23, 1945. In his own words taken from his diary, 'Marines got flag to top of Mr. Suribachi at 10:25.' He was a proud, humble veteran of the Greatest Generation.