Branch of Service: Merchant Marine/Army

Rank: LT. JG/PFC

Date of Birth: 05/26/1927

Place of Birth: Brooklyn, NY

Name of high school: Metropolitan, Vocational High School

City/State: New York

College: Brooklyn College/Brooklyn Poly Tech/University of Farmingdale

Degree: Associates

Name of Spouse: Muriel

How long married: 68 years

Residence before Abbey Delray: Research & Development - Aircraft Reconnaissance, electronics.

Career: Mortgage Agent for Lincoln Financial

No. of children: 3 | Grandchildren: 4 | Great-grandchildren: 5

Your experience in the service: Served in WWII as a radio operator on a supply ship, transporting high octane gasoline from Texas to the Solomon Islands where he was when the atomic bomb dropped on Japan. Served in the Korean War transporting ammunition and equipment to Korea, narrowly missing being hit by a mine.