World War II Honoree

Peter John Cassimatis

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Norwalk, Connecticut

Honored By

John M. Cass

Relationship

Son

GRADUATED FROM COLUMBIA MIDSHIPMEN SCHOOL IN DECEMBER 1944 AND ATTENDED SUB-CHASER TRAINING CENTER IN MIAMI, FLORIDA. SERVED ON TRANSPORT SHIP USS LEYDEN IN UNITED KINGDOM UNTIL JUNE 1945. ASSIGNED AS ADMINISTRATIVE AND PERSONNEL OFFICER AND PROVOST MARSHALL AT THE US NAVY BASE IN SUBIC BAY, LUZON, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS WHERE HE CONTINUED TO SERVE UNTIL JULY OF 1946 AT WHICH TIME HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED.