World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Delvin F. Pedersen
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Los Angeles, California
Honored By
Laura Brink
Relationship
Daughter
SENT TO EUROPE TO FLY IN THE B-24 BOMBER OVER GERMANY. ON MARCH 22, 1944 HAD ENGINE TROUBLE AND HAD TO PARACHUTE OUT. TAKEN TO PRISONER OF WAR CAMP, STALAG LUFT 1. RELEASED MAY 1945 BY AMERICANS. WENT TO FRANCE, THEN BOARDED THE USS GENERAL H. W. BUTNER FOR HOME ON JUNE 12, 1945.