World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Thomas M. Haselsteine
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Albany, New York
Honored By
Michael Lynett
Drafted into WWII and served in the U.S. Army Air Corps. After basic training in Miami, he was shipped to Gunterfield Air Institute in Montgomery, Alabama for pre-flight school where he learned Morse code and navigation. He then went to San Marcos, Texas for dead reckoning navigation training using celestial and radio navigation.