World War II Honoree

Jackson Raymer

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Huntington Beach, California

Honored By

Friends of American Heroes

IN HAWAII WHEN THE JAPANESE ATTACKED PEARL HARBOR. ON DEC. 7, 1941. SAILED INTO THE FIRST BATTLE OF THE WAR, THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY, AS A DESTROYER COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER AND LATER SERVED ON DESTROYERS THROUGHOUT THE ATLANTIC AND WESTERN PACIFIC THEATERS. ROSE THROUGH VARIOUS POSITIONS ON DESTROYERS TO COMMAND THE USS ANTHONY, WHICH WAS PUT OUT OF COMMISSION AFTER THE WAR.