Returned Missionary Fulfills Humanitarian Yearnings As Pain Reliever

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Ask Lt. Nick Peterson how his first humanitarian mission in the Navy went, and he might say it was like pulling teeth.

In other words, it was routine for Peterson, a dental officer who deployed to Cambodia in mid-August with a detachment from Marine Wing Support Squadron 172.

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Returned Missionary Fulfills Humanitarian Yearnings As Pain Reliever

Routine, not because dental care is his job, but because the 31- year-old Salt Lake City native is, in the truest sense of the word, a humanitarian.

A quick look at his resume reveals a couple of obvious points that qualify him for the title: a two-year stint between high school and college as a Mormon missionary in Guatemala, and fi...

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