World War II Honoree

Frank Ettinger

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Chagrin Falls, Ohio

Honored By

An Indebted American

Relationship

None

JOINED THE SERVICE IN 1942. WAS ASSIGNED TO THE AVIATION CADET TRAINING PROBRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA. DUE TO AN EYESIGHT PROBLEM, WAS REASSIGNED TO BE A RADIO MECHANIC AND TRANSFERRED TO TRUAX FIELD IN WISCONSIN. SHIPPED OVERSEAS IN 1944 TO THE CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATRE OF OPERATIONS AND ASSIGNED TO THE 51ST FIGHTER CONTROL SQUADRON OF THE 10TH AIR FORCE. STAFF SERGEANT ETTINGER SERVED FIRST IN THE ASSAM VALLEY IN INDIA AND THEN IN BURMA. RETURNED TO THE STATES ON NEW YEAR'S DAY IN 1946. RECIPIENT OF THE AMERICAN THEATER RIBBON, THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, TWO BRONZE STARS, THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.