Carl W. Peterson

Carl W. Peterson of Virginia, Minnesota entered the Army Air Corps on May 30, 1942.

He was a Corporal and an airplane mechanic with the 72nd Fighter Squadron in the Pacific Theater on Hawaii, the Gilbert Islands, United States Mandates, Iwo Jima and Guam.

He was discharged on Nov. 19, 1945.

Source: Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War II Project. 247.

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