World War II Honoree

Samuel Weiss

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Brooklyn, New York

Honored By

Michal C. Klein

Relationship

Daughter

SERVED IN THE PACIFIC THEATER. ENTERED ON OCTOBER 29, 1940. HELD THE RANK OF TECHNICAL SERGEANT AT THE END OF WWII. WAS PART OF THE 35TH FIGHTER SQUADRON, 8TH FIGHTER GROUP AT THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR FROM MARCH 1942 TO JUNE 1943. HE WAS THEN PART OF THE 432ND FIGHTER SQUADRON, 475TH FIGHTER GROUP FROM JUNE 1943 TO JULY 1944. WAS STATIONED IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW GUINEA. AWARDED 4 PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATIONS, AN AMERICAN DEFENSE MEDAL, THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC MEDAL WITH 2 BRONZE STARS AND 1 SILVER STAR, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL WITH 5 BRONZE LOOPS, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH FOREIGN SERVICE CLASP, THE NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND THE UNITED NATIONS SERVICE MEDAL.