World War II Honoree

Jack Chesrown

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Watauga, South Dakota

Honored By

George Weck

Relationship

Friend

SERVED AS A PILOT. VOLUNTEERED IN THE AIR CORPS SEPTEMBER 1942 AND TOOK TRAINING AT BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA. IN DECEMBER 1942, HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO AN AIR CORPS SCHOOL IN TEXAS AND RECEIVED HIS WINGS AS A LIAISON PILOT APRIL 1943. HE VOLUNTEERED IN THE FIRST AIR COMMANDO GROUP AND LEFT FOR OVERSEAS FROM RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA IN NOVEMBER 1943 TO BE LOCATED IN INDIA. SPENT 3 MONTHS IN BURMA AND IT WAS FROM ACTION SEEN HERE THAT RESULTED IN HIS BEING AWARDED THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS.