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Show , d ; : , Lt . Dean P Peterson PetersonReported PetersoniReported te on onIReported IReported Reported Missing , : IAgain Again in iii Fight . Twice reported missmgduringthe missingduringthe missmgtduring missmgduring missingduring ! ' the early days of the Invasion lnvUsion Lpvslon * of ofFrance ofFrance ofFrance France the sturdy USS USB LST 508 508Lieutenant 508Lieutenant 508Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieutenantjumor - ' ( Tjunior -jumor jumor junior grader grade ) Dean DeanD DeanD DeanD D Peterson USN o of Vernal Vernalaboard Vernalaboard Vernalaboard aboard has turned up again againLieutenant againLieutenant a ain ainLieutenant Lieutenant Peterson , $ ton on otMrs of ofMrs ofMrs Mrs D A Adams is engi engipeering engipeeringofficer engineeringofficer eering eering10ff'cer officer ' on the vessel A member memberof I of that thal branch of the service servicesince servicesince 10ff'cer 10ffcer .Ince Ince since : . 1936 he was promoted promotedfrom promotedfrom promotedfrom from ensign to his present .rank rank .rankjlast . .ranklast ranklast . .ranklast jlast last NovemberThe NovemberThe November NovemberThe The 508 has had no let up upsince upsince since D Day when surrounded surroundedby Ismce upIsmce by a battleship destroyer and andlrUlser andcruiser andcruiser I lrUlser cruiser her guns pounded away awaywith awaywith wIth those of her protectors to tofinish tofinish hm.h hmh finish : . off German shore batteriesfiring batteriesfiring ! fIrmg firing steadily from Normandy Normandybeaches Normandybeaches beaches Her docks were cover covercd covered covered cd ed with sand and water churned churnedup churnedup churnedup ' up by shrapnel which fell near nearby nearby nearby by but she got back safely to toI.nblclnd tohnbland toLnfeldnd I.nblclnd Inblclnd hnbland ! . with one of the first firstload firstload ' load of wounded soldiers Wait WaitII1b Waitmfc ' II1b 101 , to come aboard as she bumped bump bumped ed the English shoreline that afIternoon af afternoon led afI I ternoon was Edward Q G Rpbinsonwho Rpbinson Rpbinsonwho Rpbinsonwho who helped cheer the "men men " ' ir'et\ ir'et iret rT'eII rTeII ' ' \ asjthey as asthey Ithey they were Wtre w re carried ashore in stretchers stretchersSince stret stretdIers stretcjiers dIers cjiers dIersS1I1ce cjiersSince Since S1I1ce her narrow escape oflast of ol oflast ollast : I dIersI last summer the 508 has beenworking been beenworkll1g beenworking ' workll1g working steadily in m the greatcross great greatcross greatcross cross channel build up Recently Recent Recently Iy ly Lieutenant Peterson and thecrew the thecrew thecrew crew set her cavernous mouth mouthon mouthon mouthJon on the beach for the 35th time timesince timesince timesince Jon since last June to take aboard aboardIrelnforcem aboardreinforcements aboardreinforcements reinforcements nts for Allied armies armiesflghtmg armiesfighting armiesfighting Irelnforcem flghtmg fighting their way to BerlinViolent BerlinViolent Berlin BerlinViolent Violent storms for which theEnglish theEnglish the English Channel is famous have haveseldom haveseldom haveseldom I , seldom stopped the 508 from from'performmg fromperforming fromperforming 'performmg performmg performing ' her vital missIOns missionsLieutenant missionsLieutenant missIOnsILieutenant Lieutenant Peterson still talks talksabout talksabout talksabout ILieutenant about one that did On one trip tripafter tripafter tripafter after fighting wind and waves wavesfor wavesfor wavesifor for eight hours to make only 17 17miles 17miles 17miles miles the ship was forced to turn turnIback turnback turniback back and made the same distanceto distance Iback to port in 90 minutes - |