Aviation Machinist’s Mate, First Class Charles R. Johnson

Aviation Machinist’s Mate, First Class Charles R. Johnson US Navy. Born 10 August 1923 in Fort Lupton, Colorado, and attended Fairmont, and Barnum School in Denver. Employed with a construction firm at time of entering service on 13 May 1943, at the age of 19. Received preliminary training at Farragut, Idaho, and later transferred and served at NATTC, Norman, Oklahoma; NAAS, Barin Field, Pensacola, Florida; and NATTC, Chicago, Illinois. Honorably discharged on 19 April 1946, and holds the American Area Ribbon and Victory Medal. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Johnson of Denver and brother of Private First Class Raymond L. Johnson.

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1- THE FIGHTING MEN OF Colorado – Asiatic-Pacific Theater World War Two – 1948