Manuel J. Fernandez
Manuel John Pete Fernandez, Jr. was the thirdleading American and United States Air Force ace in the Korean War. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism in Korea on March 21, 1953.
Pete Fernandez was born in Key West, Florida onApril 1925. His grandparents emigrated from Spain and spent some years on the island of Cuba before finally arriving in the United States. Fernandez was raised in a workingclass environment in Miami. His father, an early amateur radio enthusiast, became chief radio operator for Pan American World Airways. Pete grew up immersed in aviation and learned to fly before he could drive, earning his private pilots license at age fifteen. He graduated from Andrew Jackson High School in Miami, Florida in 1943.
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