Casey Janiszewski served as an aviation radioman in a squadron of the Black Cats, based in the Philippines during World War II. The squadron received many air medals and the Distinguished Flying Cross. The interview is part of a series of oral histories being collected by Liz Gilmore Williams on behalf of the the Honoring Our Veterans Club of Sun City Carolina Lakes in Fort Mill, SC.
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