World War II Honoree

Raymond Thomas Czarnik

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Chicago, Illinois

Honored By

Son and Family

ON ENTRY INTO SERVICE IN 1942, HE WAS SENT TO CAMP CARSON, COLORADO FOR OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL. TRAINED AGENTS AT CAMP RITCHIE, MARYLAND FOR USE IN EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. ASSIGNED TO TRANSLATE FOR RUSSIAN DELEGATION AT MANILA SURRENDER OF JAPANESE FORCES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA. ASSISTED IN LIBERATION OF PRISONER OF WAR CAMPS IN JAPAN AFTER AUGUST 1945.