World War II Honoree

Raymond Merriman Hammond

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Montville, Connecticut

Honored By

A Grateful American

SERVED IN THE AMERICAN AND ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATERS OF OPERATION AT NAVAL RECEIVING STATION NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, NAVAL TRAINING STATION SAMPSON, NEW YORK, NAVAL TRAINING SCHOOL (BASIC ENGINEERING), NAVAL TRAINING CENTER GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS, NAVAL RECEIVING BARRACKS SHOEMAKER, CALIFORNIA, ABOARD USS MARKAB AD-21, RECEIVING STATION TERMINAL ISLAND SAN PEDRO, CALIFORNIA, RECEIVING STATION BROOKLYN, NEW YORK AND PERSONNEL SEPARATION CENTER LIDO BEACH LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK. AWARDED THE AMERICAN THEATER MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER MEDAL, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.