Van Osdol, William R.; John W. Lambert Famous Americans in World War II: a pictorial history (en anglès). Phalanx, 1995, p. 31. ISBN 978-1-883809-06-5. «Serving in the Pacific as an ensign, he was seriously injured because of a premature depth charge explosion and returned to San Diego. After five months hospitalization he was granted a medical discharge in 1944»