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PEISINGER, Roman J.

Colonel, US Army

Colonel Peisinger was born August 4, 1907 in Montgomery, Minnesota where he lived for a year. Early boyhood was spent in Fort Dodge, Iowa, later moving to Southern California with his family in 1919. He attended elementary school in Los Angeles and Pasadena; high school and junior college in Pasadena. Colonel Peisinger enlisted in the California National Guard in January 1924 and has served continuously since then. After graduation from a National Guard Officer Candidate School he was commissioned a 2d Lt in July 1928. From then until called on active duty in March 1941, Colonel Peisinger variously commanded a Machine Gun Company, Battalion Headquarters Company and a Rifle Company. Subsequently he commanded a Heavy Weapons Company and an Infantry Battalion prior to embarking for the Pacific Theater as a member of the 40th Infantry Division.
Colonel Peisinger's staff assignments have been varied. These include experience at Battalion, Brigade, Sector Command, Corps, Theater, Department of the Army and Joint level. During WWII he served in the office of Chief of Staff Headquarters USARPAC. Following this was a tour of duty with War Department General Staff (P&O Division). It was during this period he was integrated into the Regular Army. This was followed by duty in the J-3 Division of Joint Task Force Three the organization that put on the 1951 atomic tests at Eniwetok Atoll. Next Colonel Peisinger was designated the Army Member of the Joint Test Group, a unit designated to form a permanent continental atomic test organization and to put on the 1952 tests in Nevada. Following this Colonel Peisinger was designated IG with Field Command, ARMED FORCES SPECIAL WEAPONS PROJECT. In this capacity he headed joint inspection teams testing the atomic capability of Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine teams in many parts of the world. Altogether, Colonel Peisinger spent 8 years in various phases of the atomic program. Duty as IG for I Corps in Korea from November 1955 to January 1957 followed. Upon completing an assignment as Chief U.S. Army Advisor Group (NGUS), Louisiana he retired in November, 1960.
Colonel Peisinger was five feet eleven inches in height, weighed 190 pounds and was of medium build. He was interested in hunting, fishing, bowling, softball, photography and was a volkswagen enthusiast.
Submitted by his son Roman J. Peisinger, Jr. LTC USA-RET

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PIKUL, Sigismund

ADJ-1 Jet Mechanic, First Class, U.S. Navy

Born and raised in Detroit, "Pikul" enlisted in the United States Navy in May 1941 and was a member of Class 48 at Naval Boot Camp at Great Lakes, Illinois. From there, he attended Aviation Metalsmith School at the Naval Armory in Chicago. Stationed in Iceland in 1942, Pikul received the Presidential Unit Citation with Patrol Squadron 84 (Anti-Submarine Patrol Squadron) for sinking six (6) German submarines in the Atlantic Ocean.

After Iceland, Pikul was stationed first in South Wales and then at Dunkswell, Devonshire, England as an Aviation Mechanic working on anti-submarine planes PBY Catalinas. In 1955 and 1956, based at NAS Whidbey Island, Oak Harbor, Washington, Pikul flew anti-submarine patrols out of Kodiak, Alaska with P2V Anti-Submarine Patrol Squadron.

Pikul retired in 1962 at NAS Alameda, California with the rank of ADJ-1 (Jet Mechanic, First Class).

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