World War II Honoree

Angelo Zompetti

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Marlborough, Massachusetts

Honored By

Charles B. Church, III

ENTERED THE UNITED STATES ARMY AIR CORPS FROM MARLBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS IN 1942.BASIC TRAINING IN BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI. ADVANCED INFANTRY AND SMALL ARMS TRAINING IN NEW MEXICO. THEN TO JEFFERSON BARRACKS, MISSISSIPPI FOR FIRST AID AND MORE COMBAT TRAINING. NEXT TO SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA AND TO HOBART, AUSTRALIA TO WAIT FOR A CONVOY TO BOMBAY, INDIA. ASSIGNED TO THE 1304TH AIR TRANSPORT COMMAND. STATIONED AT A LARGE ARMY AIR CORPS BASE NEAR CALCUTTA. WORKED AS AN AUTOMOTIVE MECHANIC AND LATER AS SECTION LEADER FOR THE MECHANICS FOR THE REMAINDER OF HIS ENLISTMENT. RETURNED TO FORT DEVENS, MASSACHUSETTS PRIOR TO DISCHARGE. AWARDED THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL,THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH BRONZE STAR, THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AND THE RIFLE SHARPSHOOTER BADGE. AS A SERGEANT, HE RECEIVED AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE IN 1945.