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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Gilbert W. Zieman

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Woonsocket, South Dakota

Honored By

Mr. & Mrs. Zieman

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Activity During WWII

Graduated as a Pilot, Class 42-E, Ellington Field, Houston, Texas, May 20, 1942. Pilot of a C-47 aircraft with the 13th Troop Carrier Squadron, 13th Air Force, in the Southwest Pacific Theater of Operations (New Caledonia and Guadalcanal). Trained American, Turkish and Chinese pilots in B-25, A-20 and A-26 aircraft. Last tactical unit was the 414th Night Fighter Squadron, Shaw Field, Sumter, South Carolina.