AWARDED DFC: 1
CONFLICT/SPACE FLIGHT/EVENT:  Korea
MODEL:  F-82G

Citation:  1.) The Distinguished Flying Cross. During a strafing attack against tanks of the hostile forces near Seoul, Korea, 2 July 1950. First Lieutenant Peters was severely wounded by shrapnel from hostile anti-aircraft fire. First Lieutenant Peters, with all of his flying instruments and throttle quadrant shot away and in great pain due to a fractured left wrist and both hands torn with shrapnel wounds, did pilot his F-82G aircraft in a highly superior manner and returned this aircraft to its home station. By his skillful flying under these hazardous conditions, he did save his radar observer's life and the aircraft.