World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Emanuel Austern
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Far Rockaway, New York
Honored By
Mrs. Blanche Austern
Relationship
Wife
Drafted in 1941. Officer Candidate School (OCS) in 1942. Taught Radar school in Miami then sent to the Aleutians to make Radar installation. Attached to Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) in London. ordered over D-Day plus 3; About 90 men and Radar for Blind Bombing, attached to General Patton.