Petersburg Pilot -

Photo courtesy of Janna Machalek

Petersburg Medical Center Long Term Care resident Raymond Olsen, left, and activities aid Grace Bieber, right, watch a Veterans Day observance at the Arlington National Cemetery on Wednesday. Olsen served as a petty officer in the engine room of the battleship USS South Dakota from 1944 to 1945. He fought in battles and missions in the South Pacific while onboard the ship.