World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Reta Son Peterson
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Ardmore, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE IN 1942. SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE WOMEN'S ARMY CORPS (WAC). STATIONED INITIALLY IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AT CAMP WHITE AT MEDFORD, OREGON. SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER BEGINNING IN 1944. STATIONED FIRST IN FRANCE AND THEN IN GERMANY. SHE WAS AMONG THOSE THAT CELEBRATED THE ALLIED VICTORY IN EUROPE (V-E DAY) ON MAY 8, 1945 IN PARIS. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, WOMEN'S ARMY CORPS SERVICE MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AND ARMY OF OCCUPATION MEDAL WITH 'GERMANY' CLASP. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1948 AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.