DAVID LEE PETERSON

When and why did you decide to join the military and where were you located when you made this decision?

1987 Chicago IL

Where did you serve during your time in uniform?

Hawaii, Okinawa, Japan, Texas, Kuwait, Iraq, Korea

What were some of your key memories during your time of service? 

My last post was to a parachute unit on North Carolina. Having learned to fly I had to learn how to jump out airplanes.

What is an important value that you took away from your military experience? 

Be a friend to the oppressed and the enemy of the oppressor.

 What advice would you give someone interested in joining the military? 

If you join give it your all... You only live once ... So try to give it your best, it makes for a richer more fulfilling life.