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Kenneth C. Peterson

CryptographerTinian Island

Manhattan Project VeteranMilitary Veteran
A group photo of the 390th Air Service Group. Peterson is pictured in the 5th row, 10th from the left.

Kenneth Peterson was a cryptographer for the 390th Air Service Group in the 509th Composite Group from September 1944 to November 1945. After graduating cryptography school in early 1945, Peterson was sent to Tinian Island as a communications expert. 

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