World War II Honoree

Raymond Frederick Morck

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Salt Lake City, Utah

Honored By

Mr. Fredric R. Morck

Relationship

Son

SERVED IN THE AMPHIBIOUS CORPS OF THE U.S. NAVY FROM OCTOBER 1943 UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1945. HE WAS A QUARTERMASTER OF BOTH LST AND LCT LANDING CRAFTS. HE SURVIVED 2 TYPHOONS AT SEA AND THE MONSTER TYPHOON ON OKINAWA AFTER THE WAR ENDED. HE NEVER SAW ANY COMBAT, BUT NEVERTHELESS WAS STATIONED THROUGHOUT THE PACIFIC THEATER IN HAWAII, KWAJALEIN, ENIWETOK AND OKINAWA. WHEN THE WAR ENDED, HE WAS PREPARING FOR THE INVASION OF JAPAN AT HIS BASE ON OKINAWA. DIED IN SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA IN 1983.