#VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Bendix L. Peterson
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Bendix L. Peterson. Bendix served during World War I and World War II. Bendix was born on November 22nd, 1884 in Portland, Maine to Swedish and Danish immigrants. At the age of 18, he enlisted in the Army for the first time. He initially served in the National Guard at Fort Preble in Portland with an artillery company until his discharge in 1909. Bendix enlisted again in 1916 during World War I at the age…