World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Carl F. Pilger
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Burlington, Iowa
Honored By
Mrs. Carl F. Pilger
Relationship
Wife
He was an Electrical Engineer. Helped set up two ordnance plants in Nebraska and Iowa. Joined the Navy and was sent to Harvard to work on radar. Then for the rest of the war he was at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Navy headquarters. He was in secret work, then with guided missiles.