World War II Honoree

Eugene Lincoln Peck

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Kansas City, Kansas

Honored By

Regina Peck Andrus

Relationship

Daughter

ORIGINALLY DECLARED 4-F. OBTAINED A WAIVER BECAUSE OF HIGH INTELLIGENCE TEST SCORES. INDUCTED INTO THE ARMY AT FORT LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS ON OCTOBER 14, 1942. DID BASIC TRAINING AS PRIVATE AT SHEPHERD FIELD, TEXAS. SELECTED FOR WEATHER OBSERVER SCHOOL AND WEATHER FORECASTER SCHOOL AT CHANUTE FIELD, ILLINOIS. JANUARY 1943 WENT TO THE ARMY AIR FORCE TECHNICAL SCHOOL AT GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN TO STUDY METEOROLOGY. AFTER COMPLETION OF SCHOOLING, HE WAS PROMOTED TO 2ND LIEUTENANT IN SEPTEMBER 1943 AND ASSIGNED AS WEATHER OFFICER TO THE BOMBARDIER TRAINING FIELD AT SAN ANGELO, TEXAS. IN 1945, ASSIGNED TO THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER AS WEATHER OFFICER WHO ALSO TRAINED PILOTS AND CADETS IN WEATHER FLYING. SERVED IN HAWAII, GUAM, TINIAN, SAIPAN AND IWO JIMA. SEPARATED FROM THE ARMY AIR FORCE ON MAY 15, 1946; CAPTAIN.