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World War II Honoree

Civilian on the Home Front

Edwin Tauno Peura

Hometown

Warren, Ohio

Honored By

Edwin W. A. Peura, Col, USAF (RET)

Relationship

Son

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

THE WAR DEPARTMENT TURNED TO THE ATLAS POWDER COMPANY FOR HELP IN ESTABLISHING ORDNANCE PLANTS AND PRODUCING ORDNANCE MATERIALS FOR THE WAR EFFORT. ONE SUCH PLANT WAS THE RAVENNA ORDNANCE PLANT BETWEEN RAVENNA AND NEWTON FALLS, OHIO. IN AUGUST 1941, HE BECAME A MEMBER OF THE SECURITY FORCE NEEDED TO PROTECT THE ARSENAL. SHORTLY AFTER PEARL HARBOR HE AND THE OTHER GUARDS SIGNED THE ARTICLES OF WAR AGREEMENT AND WERE THEN INDUCTED AS A CIVILIAN AUXILIARY TO THE MILITARY POLICE, ARMY OF THE U.S. HE SERVED FROM 1941 TO 1943/1944 AS A RAVENNA ORDNANCE PLANT GUARD.