Attorney Richard "Dick" Peterson from Council Bluffs was part of one of the last Army Divisions sent to the European Front. Dick explained he enlisted in the Army Infantry in 1943 and in early 1945 he was on a boat headed for Germany. At this time the German military was retreating to various strongholds. Dick said he was involved in his first major battle with the German army on April 11, 1945 in Attendorn, Germany. After driving back the German resistance, his patrol entered the city and proceeded a sweep across town. Dick said they encountered a barb wire fenced section enclosing a great number of ragtag, dirty and hungry people. It turned out they had discovered a slave labor camp where Russian citizens had been enslaved to manufacture war materials. Dick said he was proud to have been a part of this unexpected liberation effort.