Arthur R. Anderson
Era: World War II
Military Branch: Air Force
Arthur R. Anderson
Mr. Anderson inducted into the Army Air Corps on December 28, 1942.
He served as a Staff Sergeant and an aircraft intercept operator with the Eighth Army Air Forces Radio Squadron (Mobile) in the Pacific.
He received the following: Good Conduct Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, American Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and two overseas service bars.
Mr. Anderson was honorably discharged on November 5, 1945, at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin.
Source: Hometown Heroes: The Saint Louis County World War II Project, page 19.