Robert
James Zawrotny |
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War:
Korean
Service Dates: 1947-1951
Branch: United States Air Force
Unit:
Training
Command
Mobile Training Group
Service Location:
United States
Guam
England
Highest Rank:
Sergeant
Medals/Special Service Awards: Good Conduct Medal
POW: No
Birth Year: 1929
Place of Birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
Mr. Zawrotny also provided the following information about his military
service:
Fresh out of high school and after a summer of sandlot baseball, I enlisted
in the Army Air Force at Youngstown, Ohio in October of 1947. After
completing Basic Training in Texas and 18 months of aircraft training school
classes in Mississippi and Illinois, I wound up on the Island of Guam in
June 1949.
My specialty was Instructor for all of the electrical equipment and wiring
systems of the B-29 Bomber to ground crews and flight crews. Our tour on
Guam was for seven months duration. During this time we weathered a Category
3-force typhoon.
In June 1950, back in Illinois, I was three months from discharge when the
Korean War erupted. My disappointment at having to serve an additional year
changed to enthusiasm when I was able to go to England with a B-50 Bomber
Training Unit. During my six-month stay there, near Liverpool, I met my
future wife-to-be.
I returned stateside in March of 1951 and was discharged in October. My
English lady arrived shortly after and we were married in November. The
marriage resulted in four children, one of whom became a captain in the
United States Air Force.
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