World War II Honoree

Raymond Theodore Peterson, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Putneyville, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Marion Peterson

Relationship

Wife

SERVED FROM JUNE 1944 TILL JUNE 1946. HE BOARDED THE USS U.S.GRANT (TROOP TRANSPORT SHIP) IN NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA AND WENT TO LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA TO PICK UP TROOPS BOUND FOR OKINAWA AND THERE PICK UP TROOPS HEADED BACK TO THE STATES. SHIP WAS DECOMMISSIONED IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. HE PICKED UP THE LSM-315 IN TREASURE ISLAND, CALIFORNIA AND THEY DECOMMISSIONED IT IN PORTLAND, OREGON. HE WENT FROM THERE TO BAINBRIDGE, MARYLAND TO BE DISCHARGED FROM SERVICE.