Woodbury County

Lt. Cmdr. Wilbur H. Pederson


Men In Service

Wilbur H. Pederson, former Sioux City dentist who has been in the navy since before the United States entered the war, was promoted March 3 to the rank of lieutenant commander, he informed his brother, Dr. Russell M. Pederson. Lieut. Comdr. Pederson is stationed at the naval air base at Corpus Christy, Texas. He attended the University of South Dakota and the University of Iowa.

Source: The Sioux City Journal-Tribune, March 23, 1943 (photo included)