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OSMOND C. “PETE” PETERSON
Age: 100
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Retired Lt. Col.,
U.S. Air Force; building contractor
Lives in: Fort Pierce
Family: Wife, Olive, deceased; sons,
John and Ben; three grandsons, two
great-grandsons and three greatgranddaughters
Education: Three semesters at the University of Wisconsin
Hobbies: Reading six books a week, hunting, canoeing,
fishing, camping and blacksmithing
Who inspires me: “My dad could do anything.FORT
He was
never without a job during the Depression. He was a diesel
mechanic and he could work with wood and metal. He used
to make jigsaw puzzles.”
Something people don’t know about me: “I lettered in hockey
in high school and played for the team for four years.”
told him, ‘You fly this heading for one hour and 15 minutes.
If we haven’t found it, we will use the radio signal,’” Peterson
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says.
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His course was correct and after they landed, the crew
learned a German submarine was emitting a more powerful
homing signal and several planes had missed the island,
crashing into the sea after running out of fuel. All of the men
but the crew of one plane were rescued, Peterson says.
Once, with his pilot throwing dice in the back with his
crew, Peterson was at the controls over the Atlantic when
the right engine blew. The plane pitched to the right before >>
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Dr. Shamsher Singh cheers on Pete Peterson as he blows out the candles on
the cake for his 100th birthday party in December 2018.
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