World War II Honoree

John R. Fisher

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Port Carbon, Pennsylvania

Honored By

VFW Post 23 Ladies Auxiliary, Lebanon, PA

IN JUNE 1942, ENTERED COMMUNICATIONS CADET SCHOOL AT SCOTT FIELD, ILLINOIS AND UPON GRADUATION IN OCTOBER 1942 WAS COMMISSIONED AS A SECOND LIEUTENANT. AS A NEWLY GRADUATED COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER, HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 317TH FIGHTER SQUADRON AS THE SQUADRON COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER. HE HELD THIS ASSIGNMENT UNTIL MAY 1945, WHEN HE WAS ASSIGNED THE DUTIES OF GROUP COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER OF THE 325TH FIGHTER GROUP. DURING THIS ASSIGNMENT HE SERVED A TWO-YEAR PERIOD IN THE EUROPEAN, AFRICAN AND MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. UPON HIS RETURN TO THE CONTINENTAL U.S. ON DECEMBER 3, 1945 AS A CAPTAIN, HE WAS ASSIGNED TO WESTOVER FIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, AS THE RADAR MAINTENANCE OFFICER.