World War II Honoree

Alan J. Chartkoff

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Brookline, Massachusetts

Honored By

Anita Chartkoff

Relationship

Wife

ENLISTED ON NOVEMBER 12, 1943 (18TH BIRTHDAY). AFTER HIS TRAINING AS A RADIO OPERATOR/GUNNER IN FLORIDA, SOUTH DAKOTA AND NEVADA HE WAS SHIPPED OVERSEAS AND WAS BASED IN CHABUA, BURMA. WHEN THE WAR ENDED HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO CAIRO, EGYPT AND PARIS, FRANCE AS PART OF THE AIR TRANSPORT COMMAND. DISCHARGED ON APRIL 19, 1946.