Frank Petersen, aboriginal atramentous Marine Corps aviator and general, dies at 83, Retired Lt. Gen. Frank E. Petersen Jr., the aboriginal atramentous Marine Corps aviator and administrator answer to brigadier general, died Tuesday. He was 83.Petersen was built-in March 2, 1932, in Topeka, Kansas.
After confined two years in the Navy, Petersen was commissioned in the Marine Corps. He flew added than 350 action missions and added than 4,000 aggressive aircraft hours, and accustomed the Purple Heart, Meritorious Service Medal, Distinguished Flying Cross, the Defense Superior Service Medal, and Navy Distinguished Service Medal.
Petersen's wife, Alicia, said that her bedmate didn't see himself as a trailblazer, but he did plan against adequation in the Marine Corps. "He was a man who had actual able character, able goals, and a lot of assurance to accomplish what he capital to do," she told the Topeka Capital-Journal. "And actual aboriginal on he absitively that he capital to be a pilot." In 1979, he was answer to brigadier general, and in 2010, was appointed by President Obama to the Board of Visitors to the United States Naval Academy. Petersen is survived by his wife, 5 children, one grandson, and three great-grandchildren. In the video below, Petersen describes what it was like to be in the aggressive during the 1950s, and the obstacles he faced.
After confined two years in the Navy, Petersen was commissioned in the Marine Corps. He flew added than 350 action missions and added than 4,000 aggressive aircraft hours, and accustomed the Purple Heart, Meritorious Service Medal, Distinguished Flying Cross, the Defense Superior Service Medal, and Navy Distinguished Service Medal.
Petersen's wife, Alicia, said that her bedmate didn't see himself as a trailblazer, but he did plan against adequation in the Marine Corps. "He was a man who had actual able character, able goals, and a lot of assurance to accomplish what he capital to do," she told the Topeka Capital-Journal. "And actual aboriginal on he absitively that he capital to be a pilot." In 1979, he was answer to brigadier general, and in 2010, was appointed by President Obama to the Board of Visitors to the United States Naval Academy. Petersen is survived by his wife, 5 children, one grandson, and three great-grandchildren. In the video below, Petersen describes what it was like to be in the aggressive during the 1950s, and the obstacles he faced.
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