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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Lester J. Povlich

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

South Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Honored By

Jeff Povlich

Relationship

Son

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

Served 2 years. Staff Sergeant in the Army Air Corps, 15th Air Force, 485th Bombardment Group, 830th Bombardment Squadron. Flew 56 total missions, and 35 combat missions as the nose gunner in B-24J 'Shack's Shack'. Awarded the Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, the Army Good Conduct Medal, the European-African-Middle Eastern medal, and the WWII Victory Medal. Flew in the Rome-Arno, Northern France, Southern France, Rhineland, North Apennines, Central Europe, Po Valley, and Air Combat-Balkans campaigns.