Myron Petrakis

“I spent time aboard the USS Murrelet. I am dedicated to the memory of my boyhood friends and shipmates who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country in WWII. I lost six friends and 31 shipmates that I trained with when our sister ship the USS Minivet hit a mine on December 28, 1945 during sweeping operations in the Korean Straits. The war did not end for the minesweepers on VJ day.”