World War II Honoree

Josef Piekos

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Cheshire, Massachusetts

Honored By

Victoria Zabawa

Relationship

Sister

WORKED FOR 3 YEARS AT PRATT AND WHITNEY SMALL TOOL COMPANY IN WEST HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT AS A TOOL MAKER, PRIOR TO ENTERING SERVICE ON DECEMBER 14, 1942. HAD INFANTRY BASIC TRAINING FOR 3 MONTHS, THEN SPENT 35 MONTHS AS MACHINIST WITH 333RD DEPOT REPAIR SQUADRON, 4TH AIR DEPOT, IN NEW GUINEA AND THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AS A MACHINIST. MADE AND DESIGNED PRECISION PARTS, SUPERVISED 5 MEN. CONTRACTED MALARIA AND WAS HOSPITALIZED. DISCHARGED JANUARY 10, 1946.