Charles Joseph Katan Collection

Biographical Information

Gender:

Male

Race:

White

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War or Conflict:

World War, 1939-1945

Status:

Veteran

Dates of Service:

1941-1943

Entrance into Service:

Drafted

Branch of Service:

Army Air Forces/Corps

Unit of Service:

Army Airways Communications System

Location of Service:

Fort Devens, Massachusetts; Miami Beach, Florida; Pawling, New York; India; Kelly Field, Oklahoma; Tezpur Air Base, India; Burma; China-India-Burma (CBI) Theater

Highest Rank:

Sergeant

Prisoner of War:

No

Service History Note:

The Veteran served as a cryptographer.

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War or Conflict:

Korean War, 1950-1953

Status:

Veteran

Dates of Service:

1951-1951

Entrance into Service:

Enlisted

Branch of Service:

Air Force

Unit of Service:

1804th Airways and Air Communications Service Group; Air Force Reserve

Location of Service:

Westover Air Reserve Base and Cape Cod Air Force Station, Massachusetts; Groton, Connecticut; Tinker Air Force Base (AFB), Oklahoma; Camp Stoneman, California; Eielson AFB, Alaska

Highest Rank:

Sergeant

Prisoner of War:

No

Service History Note:

The Veteran served in the Air Force Reserve. He served on active duty during he Korean War in 1951.

Collection Information

Type of Resource:

Video: DVD [2 items] --Oral history interview

Photograph: Digital print [3 items] --Photographs

Manuscript: Mixed (Multiple types of manuscripts) [1 item] --Mixed (handwritten and typewritten documents)

Manuscript: Printed matter [1 item] --Typewritten document

Video: DVD [2 items] --Reference copy

Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] --Typewritten document

Interviewer:

Sarah Kemmler

Contributor:

Eileen Hurst

Contributor Affiliation/Organization:

Central Connecticut State University

Transcriber:

John P. Payne

Transcriber Affiliation/Organization:

National Court Reporters Association (NCRA)

Collection #:

AFC/2001/001/78090

Subjects:

Katan, Charles Joseph
World War, 1939-1945--Personal Narratives
United States. Army Air Forces/Corps.
Korean War, 1950-1953--Personal Narratives
United States. Air Force.

Cite as:

Charles Joseph Katan Collection
(AFC/2001/001/78090), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress