Interviewee | LESKO, William J. (b. 1924) |
Military Service | U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran, 13th Squadron, 4th Combat Cargo Group |
Interview ID # | OH 1377 |
Date(s) of interview | |
Description | His experiences in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. Training at Sioux Falls, South Dakota, as a radio operator/mechanic, 1943-44; radar fundamentals school at Chanute Field, Illinois, 1944; LORAN training at Boca Raton, Florida, 1944-45; assignment to the 13th Squadron at Chittagong, India, 1945; servicing radar and radio equipment for C-46 cargo planes flying “The Hump”; plane losses due to accidents and Japanese action; reassignment to Myitkyina, Burma, 1945; his postwar career in television. |
Interviewer(s) | William J. Alexander |
Physical Description | 20 pp. |
Terms of Use | Open |