World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Margaret Spry Mensch Raitt
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Fredon Township, New Jersey
Honored By
Frank Toth
Relationship
Fellow Veteran
SHE'D SADLY LOST 2 HUSBANDS IN 1943, TO THE WAR. HER FIRST, ON THE U.S. ARMY TRANSPORT DORCHESTER IN FEBRUARY AND HER SECOND, IN THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS THAT FALL. NONETHELESS, SHE PATRIOTICALLY AND SELFLESSLY DEFENDED THE U.S. BY JOINING THE NAVY IN NOVEMBER OF 1943.