Biographical Information

Name:

Rudolph O. Waiton

Date of Birth:

1922

Place of Birth:

Monessen, PA

Gender:

Male

Race:

White

Home State:

CA

War or Conflict:

World War II, 1939-1946

Status:

Veteran

Dates of Service:

1942-1946

Entrance into Service:

Enlisted

Branch of Service:

Army Air Forces/Corps

Unit of Service:

69th Composite Wing

Location of Service:

Parks Air College, Missouri; Independence, Kansas; Sedalia, Missouri; China-Burma-India (CBI) Theater; Cairo, Egypt; Abadan, Iran; Karachi, Pakistan; Salween River, China

Highest Rank:

Lieutenant Colonel

Prisoner of War:

No

Service Related Injury:

Yes

Collection Information

Type of Resource:

Video: VHS [1 item] --Oral history interview

Photograph: Photocopy of photographic print [2 items] --Photographs

Interviewer:

Stephen B. Lacey 

Donor:

Stephen B. Lacey

Collection #:

AFC/2001/001/34642

Subjects:

Waiton, Rudolph
World War II, 1939-1946 -- Personal Narratives
United States. Army Air Forces/Corps.

Cite as:

Rudolph Waiton Collection (AFC/2001/001/34642), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress