World War II Honoree

Hubert H. Weiszbrod

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Mooreland, Oklahoma

Honored By

Mr. & Mrs. Hubert Weiszbrod

ENLISTED IN THE U.S. ARMY AIRFORCE IN THE FALL OF 1942. SENT TO SHEPHERD FIELD IN WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS FOR BASIC TRAINING. FROM THERE HE WAS SENT TO ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY TO BE SHIPPED OUT TO THE EUROPEAN FRONT. BECAUSE OF HIS GERMAN HERITAGE, IT WAS DECIDED THAT HE SHOULD NOT GO TO EUROPE. HE WAS SENT TO ANGEL ISLAND IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY AND SHIPPED OUT TO THE SOUTH PACIFIC FRONT. HE SERVED 27 MONTHS THERE IN THE ARMY AIRBORNE ENGINEERS. THEY BUILT AIRSTRIPS ON THE ISLANDS AS THE U.S FORCES ADVANCED. HE OPERATED GRADING EQUIPMENT TO MAKE THE LANDING STRIPS FROM CORAL BLASTED FROM THE OCEAN. HE WAS SENT TO OKINAWA AND WAS THERE WHEN THE ATOMIC BOMB WAS DROPPED ON JAPAN. HE WENT TO JAPAN BRIEFLY TO HELP WITH RE-CONSTRUCTION AND WAS SENT BACK TO THE U.S. AND DISCHARGED AT FORT LEAVENWORTH KANSAS IN DECEMBER 1945.