Co. F
2nd Inf. Div.
Korea
US Navy 1947-1950
DD-831 USS Goodwrich
DDR-823 USS Roberts
Atlantic

Harold Raymond Ravenscroft
Midland, Maryland
Enlisted 10 January 1951
Discharged 10 January 1954

Interviews


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Served in Korea
Great Lakes Ill. (boot)
Philadelphia Navy Yard
USS Goodrich DD 831
USS Roberts DDE-823
Atlantic Cruises
Camp Rucker (Inf. training)
Ft. Ord, Ohio
Calf.-Japan-Korea
Port Inchon, Korea
Hill 800
Bunker Hill
Camp Drum, NY
Iceland
Mr. Ravenscroft enlisted in the US Navy from 1947-50 when he was discharged. After a few month, he enlisted in the US Army infantry and sent to Korea. After 26 days in Korea he saw his most intense action on Hill 800 north of the 38th Parellel recieving a mortor shapnel wound in late Sept. 1951. He had 9 months of combat before ending his tour and then one year of occupation duty in Iceland.