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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Chester A. Peterson

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

San Francisco, California

Honored By

Chester A. Petersen

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

JOINED THE U.S. NAVAL AIR RESERVE AND BECAME A PILOT OFFICER IN 1937. TRANSFERRED TO THE REGULAR NAVY IN 1940 AND TRANSFERRED TO THE USS ARGONNE UNDER REAR ADMIRAL CALHOUN, BASE FORCE, AT 10-10 DOCK, PEARL HARBOR. THE ATTACK CAME AND I SURVIVED. I SERVED MOVING WESTWARD AND WAS IN SEVERAL ENGAGEMENTS, CULMINATING WITH OCCUPATION OF JAPAN. I WAS AT AOMORI, TOKYO, HOKKAIDO RO AND THE BIKINI ATOMIC BOMB TESTS A AND B AT BIKINI ATOLL, 1946.