Korean Vet Returns To Eighth Grade
KOREAN VET Pfc. Melvin J. Peters among eighth graders.
BRADFORD, Pa., I/P) — Pfc.
Melvin J. Peters buried his pride
on a recent 30-day rotation fur
lough from Korean battlefields—
but not his thirst for knowledge.
The 21-year-old Medieal Corps
veteran spent his leave among
goggle - eyed youngsters in an
eighth grade classroom at a near
by Limestone, N.Y., public school.
Peters is grimly determined to
get a high school diploma some
day and is taking up where he
left off three years ago when he
enlisted in the Army. He used his
furlough time to speed up the
process. The youth expects to se
cure an Eighth Grade diploma
from the United States Armed
Forces Institute in the near fu
ture.
“I was the worst pupil they had
in school,” Pfc. Peters says.
“Played hooky most of the time.
They couldn’t keep me in classes.”
But he added:
‘‘I was only in the Army six
months when I realized that the
men who were at least smart
enough to finish high school got
promotions much faster. Not only
that but now I realize that to
find a good job in civilian life an
elementary and high school edu
cation are needed.”
A native of Chautauqua County,
N. Y., Pfc. Peters is one of six
sons of Charles A. Peters, who
operates a farm in Leonard Run,
near Limestone. He has a brother
in the Navy, another in the Air
Force and two others served in
World War II.
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