World War II Honoree

Boris Peter Petroff, M. D.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Montclair, New Jersey

Honored By

Christopher B. Petroff

Relationship

Son

UNITED STATES MEDICAL CORPS, SPECIALIST IN NEUROLOGY AND UROLOGY, FIFTH SERVICE COMMAND. RESEARCH IN THE REHABILITATION OF THE AUTONOMIC FUNCTION OF THE URINARY BLADDER IN PARAPLEGICS AND PIONEER IN THE USE OF ANTIBIOTICS FOR TREATMENT OF ASCENDING URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS IN PARAPLEGICS AT NEWTON D. BAKER VIRGINIA HOSPITAL IN MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA. HE HAD ALSO BEEN MEDICAL OFFICER FOR PRISONERS OF WAR TAKEN IN NORTH AFRICA AND CONCENTRATED IN THE SOUTHWESTERN U.S.