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Served as a member Louisiana State Legislature for 2 years, a New Orleans City District and Councilman-at-Large for a total of 12 years. He taught Accounting, worked in Marine Personel,the Veterans Administration,and as Vice President of a local Pest Control company. After retiring from public life he revamped the Louisiana Selective Service System under Governor David Treen.
He was later selected to the WARREN EATON CHARTER FOUNDATION'S HALL OF FAME for outstanding contribution to the community and significant professioal accomplishments.
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Member Marine Corps League.
Attended WARREN EASTON HIGH SCHOOL, class of 1934, where he lettered in three sports and attained ALL AMERICAN HONORS in football.
Upon graduation he attended TULANE University on a full athletic scholarship where he quarterbacked the football team.
He was a member of BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA, attaining the rank of EAGLE SCOUT.
Northern Solomon Islands Campaign (1943-44)/Battle of Bougainville
From Month/Year
November / 1943
To Month/Year
January / 1944
Description After New Georgia, the next major operation was an invasion of the island of Bougainville, which was approached by landings at Mono and Stirling in the Treasury Islands on October 25-27, 1943. A Marine division landed on the west coast of Bougainville at Empress Augusta Bay on November 1, 1943. The Marines were followed within the month by an Army division and replaced in the next month by another Army division.
It was late November before the beachhead at Empress Augusta Bay was secure. This beachhead was all that was needed, and no attempt was made to capture the entire island. Allied planes neutralized enemy airfields in the northern part of the island, and the Allied command made use of its naval and air superiority to contain the Japanese garrison on Bougainville and cut its supply line to Rabaul by occupying the Green Islands (February 14, 1944).
Despite these measures, the Japanese maintained pressure against the beachhead, mounting an especially heavy but unsuccessful counterattack as late as March 1944. Success at Bougainville isolated all Japanese forces left in the Solomons. The Japanese sustained comparatively heavy air and naval losses during the campaign, which further crippled the Japanese Combined Fleet and had a vital effect on the balance of naval power in the Central Pacific.