Rudolph A. Carlson
Era: World War II
Military Branch: Air Force
Rudolph A. Carlson was inducted into the Army Air Corps in May 1942.
He was a sergeant and a heavy equipment operator with the alert crew, 352nd Army Air Forces Base Unit in the Aleutian Islands and at Kodiak, Alaska.
He received the:
Good Conduct Medal,
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Service Medal,
American Campaign Service Medal, and
World War II Victory Medal.
He was discharged on Nov. 8, 1945.
Source: Hometown Heroes: The Saint Louis County World War II Project, page 51.