World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Thomas Fishman
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
New York, New York
Honored By
Son
SERVED AS AN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER IN THE CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER, 1943-1946. BASIC TRAINING AT FORT DIX AND THEN MIAMI BEACH IN 1943. ADVANCED TO RADIO SCHOOL IN MADISON, WISCONSIN. THEN WAS WITH THE ARMY AIRWAYS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS IN SMYRNA, TENNESSEE AND RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA. AT THE END OF 1943, HE WAS SHIPPED OUT TO KARACHI. STATIONED IN BOMBAY, INDIA, THEN GAYA IN 1944. THEN WENT TO CHABUA, CHINA, AND THE TOWER AT KUNMING, WHERE HE WORKED WITH FLYING TIGERS UNDER GENERAL CHENNAULT. THEN HE WORKED AT THE LULIANG TOWER IN CHINA UNTIL 1946.