World War II Honoree

Donald Brix Fraser

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Washington, District Of Columbia

Honored By

Don Fraser

Relationship

Son

UPON COMPLETION OF BASIC TRAINING AND ADVANCED ELECTRONICS AND RADAR SYSTEM TRAINING, PETTY OFFICER, REPORTED ABOARD USS WEBER DE-675 IN THE SPRING OF 1944. PARTICIPATED IN NUMEROUS NORTH ATLANTIC CROSSINGS WHILE SERVING ON CONVOY DUTY TO LONDONDERRY, CHERBOURG AND ORAN. UPON COMPLETION OF AN OVERHAUL AND CONVERSION TO AN APD IN PHILADELPHIA NAVAL SHIPYARD IN WINTER 1945, USS WEBER, NOW APD 75, REPORTED TO PACIFIC AMPHIBIOUS FORCES AND PERFORMED PICKET DUTY OFF THE COAST OF OKINAWA DURING THE OKINAWA CAMPAIGN IN THE SPRING AND SUMMER OF 1945. USS WEBER APD-75 PARTICIPATED IN THE LIBERATION OF ALLIED PRISONER OF WAR CAMPS IN THE VICINITY OF NAGASAKI, JAPAN AT THE END OF THE WAR; SUPPORTED GENERAL MARSHALL'S DIPLOMATIC MISSION TO CHINA, NOVEMBER 1945. RETURNED TO U.S. DECEMBER. RADAR TECHNICIAN 1ST CLASS, WAS MUSTERED OUT OF THE NAVY, FEBRUARY 1946.