World War II Honoree

Ralph C. Petersen

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Seattle, Washington

Honored By

Mrs. Harriet P. Morrow

SERVICE NUMBER 0356508. SPENT 4 YEARS OVERSEAS UNDER GENERAL MACARTHUR'S COMMAND. JANUARY 21, 1944, ASSIGNED TO 60TH GENERAL HOSPITAL AT EL PASO TO GO OVERSEAS. MARCH 1944 TO FINSCHHAFEN, NEW GUINEA TO ESTABLISH GENERAL HOSPITAL. JANUARY 20, 1945 A SHORT TIME AFTER GENERAL MACARTHUR TOOK BACK THE PHILIPPINES, WAS SENT TO MANILA TO ESTABLISH A BED HOSPITAL. THIS HOSPITAL WAS IN CATHOLIC COLLEGE CALLED ST. BEDE. DIRECTED THE OPERATION OF SURGICAL SERVICE AND WAS CO-CHIEF OF ORTHOPEDIC SERVICE. BECAME VERY ILL WITH INFECTIOUS HEPATITIS. EVENTUALLY WAS SENT HOME, BUT DIED 6 YEARS LATER AS A RESULT OF HEPATITIS.