Career
Graduating from the United States Naval Academy, he was commissioned ensign on 4 June 1936. Trained as a naval aviator in 1938-1939 at National Academy of Sciences, USA Pensacola, Florida, he served in the fleet in 1941. He became a naval observer assigned to the American Embassy in London, England.
Reporting for duty as a fighter pilot on board Lexington (CV-2) on 27 December 1941, he participated in aircraft carrier operations against the Japanese in February and March 1942.
In 1943, the destroyer escort United States Ship Richard South. Bulletin (Delaware-402) was named in his honor.
