World War II Honoree

Lester A. Peters

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Kankakee, Illinois

Honored By

Don & Rita McGuffin

Relationship

Friends

1943-1946, 134TH CONSTRUCTION BATTALION, CONSTRUCTION BATTALION MAINTENANCE UNIT 598, UNIT PHOTOGRAPHER. EMBARKED TO SOUTH PACIFIC, PEARL HARBOR. SHIPPED OUT WITH U.S. MARINES TO INVADE THE ISLAND OF YAP. INVASION WAS BYPASSED AND THE INVASION OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS WAS THE NEW DESTINATION. INVASION FORCES LEYTE, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS OCTOBER 20, 1944; BUILT 7TH FLEET HEADQUARTERS. AWARDED AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH BATTLE STAR, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL WITH BATTLE STAR, PHILIPPINE PRESIDENTIAL CITATION, LAPEL PIN, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, U.S. NAVY COMBAT ACTION RIBBON, U.S. NAVY SEABEE CAMPAIGN SERVICE AWARD, U.S. NAVY RIFLE EXPERT MEDAL.