World War II Honoree

Leon Peters, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Columbus, Ohio

Honored By

Marie Peters

Relationship

Wife

RADAR REPAIRMAN. SERVED IN SICILY, ITALY, FRANCE, AND GERMANY. PERFORMED THIRD AND FOURTH ECHELON MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR ON DESIGNATED MOBILE OR FIXED GROUND RADAR EQUIPMENT. DISASSEMBLED, TUNED, ALIGNED, AND REPAIRED EQUIPMENT, DIAGNOSING MALFUNCTIONING PARTS, EFFECTING NECESSARY REPAIRS AND REPLACEMENTS USING PRECISION ELECTRICAL DEVICES, INSTRUMENTS AND SMALL HAND AND LIGHT MACHINE TOOLS. WORKED WITH A MAINTENANCE UNIT AND TRAVELLED FROM SET TO SET MAKING NECESSARY INSPECTIONS AND REPAIRS. SERVICED TWELVE SETS IN SOUTHERN FRANCE.