Oral history interview with William J. Lesko, 1999 February 17.

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Oral history interview with William J. Lesko, 1999 February 17.

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Interview with William J. Lesko, an Army Air Forces veteran (13th Squadron, 4th Combat Cargo Group), concerning his experiences in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. Training at Sioux Falls, South Dakota, as a radio operator/mechanic, 1943-44; radar fundamentals school at Chanute Field, Illinois, 1944; LORAN training at Boca Raton, Florida, 1944-45; assignment to the 13th Squadron at Chittagong, India, 1945; servicing radar and radio equipment for C-46 cargo planes flying "The Hump"; plane losses due to accidents and Japanese action; reassignment to Myitkyina, Burma, 1945; his postwar career in television.

22 leaves ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas Library, UNT

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