IN UNIFORM
Capt. Walter R. Peck, whose wife lives at 904 S. Paxton Street, has been awarded the second oak leaf cluster to his air medal at an Eighth air force Flying Fortress station in England. Pilot of a Flying Fortress in the 388th bombardment group, his award was for “meritorious achievement” during bombing attacks against Nazi war industries and military targets.
Source: The Sioux City Journal, April 23, 1945
