Ronald J. Anderson
Era: World War II
Military Branch: Army
Ronald J. Anderson of Eveleth entered the Army in April 1942. He served his first tour of duty with the 210 Coast Artillery, Fort Richardson, Alaska, and Headquarters, Alaska Defense Command Confidential Section in 1942-43 in the Pacific Theater.He was approved for pilot training and did so at Santa Ana, Calif.;Thunderbird, Ariz. and Lemoore Field in California. He was commissioned as 2nd lieutenant and was a pilot of P-38s and A-20s. He began his second tour of duty in Europe in June 1944. He flew missions with the 155th Photo Squadron in England, Franceand Germany.He received the Air Medal, Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle East Campaign Service Medal with four battle stars, American Campaign Service Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Service Medal and World War II Victory Medal. He was discharged as a 1st lieutenant on Oct. 12, 1945.
