World War II Honoree

Raymond J. Corbett

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Brooklyn, New York

Honored By

Mrs. Joan Corbett

Relationship

Wife

RECEIVED AMPHIBIOUS TRAINING. SERVED IN THE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC THEATERS ON THE USS WEST POINT AND THEN TRANSFERRED TO THE SS MORMAC SEA. SERVED AT NEW CALEDONIA, NEW GUINEA, PORT MORESBY AND FINSCHHAFEN. WOUNDED IN ADMIRALTY ISLANDS ON LOS NEGROS. HOSPITALIZED IN AUSTRALIA AND THEN SHIPPED TO THE U.S. TREATED IN HOSPITALS IN CALIFORNIA, CHICAGO, BROOKLYN NAVAL AND LIDO BEACH, LONG ISLAND WHERE HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED.