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Podcast: Veterans Chronicles
Episode: Col. Joe Peterburs, USAF, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, POW Part 1
Description: Joe Peterburs was on track to become a priest. All of that changed when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The next year, Peterburs joined the U.S. Army Air Corps and trained to be a fighter pilot. He mastered the P-40, but by the time he got to England in late 1944, the P-51 was waiting for him.In this edition of "Veterans Chronicles," Col. Joe Peterburs takes us through his service in World War II as he began a military career lasting more than 36 years.You'll hear about his first mission and a whole...