World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Peter Castellari
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Centralia, Illinois
Honored By
Robert Medley Gatewood
ENLISTED AND ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE IN THE AIR CORPS ON OCTOBER 9, 1941 AT JEFFERSON BARRACKS, MISSOURI. COMPLETED BASIC TRAINING AND ATTENDED ARMY AIR FORCES TECHNICAL SCHOOLS AT SCOTT FIELD, ILLINOIS, AND YUMA, ARIZONA. QUALIFIED IN THE MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY OF RADIO OPERATOR/AERIAL GUNNER (757). ASSIGNED TO AND SERVED WITH 3010TH ARMY AIR FORCES BASE UNIT, SQUADRON A, WILLIAMS FIELD, ARIZONA. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A STAFF SERGEANT IN NOVEMBER, 1945 AT THE SEPARATION CENTER, SCOTT FIELD, ILLINOIS. EARNED THE AIRCREW MEMBER BADGE, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.