World War II Honoree

Theodore J. Haselton

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Reading, Massachusetts

Honored By

Mark Haselton

Relationship

Son

GRADUATED FROM OFFICER TRAINING SCHOOL, ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND IN 1943. SERVED ABOARD THE USS FORREST UNTIL TEMPORARILY ASSIGNED TO THE USS CORRY FOR THE INVASION OF NORMANDY (6 JUNE 1944) WHEN THE CORRY WAS SUNK OFF THE FRENCH COAST BY ENEMY FIRE. RECOVERED BY PT BOAT AND RETURNED TO THE USS FORREST. SUBSEQUENTLY PARTICIPATED IN THE INVASION OF SOUTHERN FRANCE (1944) AND THE INVASION OF OKINAWA (1945). LEFT ACTIVE SERVICE IN 1946 AFTER DEMOBILIZATION AT BOSTON NAVY YARD.