Gaylord is the son of Ray & Edna Petersen.
Below is a partial write-up on Gaylord (possibly 9-7-1978).
Quite a bit of the article was missing.
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GAYLORD PETERSEN Through the years they have lived through the nightmare, scanning each list of names of released prisoners of war, and studying the long list of names of those bodies of ...................................... ...................................................... be turned over to authorities. The 11 were given to a congressional delegation making an official visit to Hanoi to determine whether trade and diplomatic relations with Viet Nam should be restored. The family lived it Manning when Gaylord was born, moving to California when Gaylord was five. They originally lived in San Leandro, where Ray was a barber and Edna worked for a department store. Their son attended school in San Leandro, and later college in San Francisco. In college Gaylord participated in the ROTC program and on graduation in 1959 was commissioned in the U.S. Air Force. He was called to active duty in June, 1959. Prior to being assigned to duty in Viet Nam, he had been, flying in B-52 bombers for the Strategic Air Command, serving as a bombardier and as a navigator. A military funeral, with burial in a national cemetery, is being planned. The remains will be flown to ....................................... ............................................... had crashed in North Viet Nam, the possibility of his still being alive has never left our minds," his parents said. |