Chester County PA Archives News.....Leon B. Slobodzian- Military Service Article August 13, 1943
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Daily Republican August 1943 & October 1944 August 13, 1943
Daily Republican, August 13, 1943
Leon B. Slobodzian, son of William Slobodzian, of 201 High Street, received 
his bombardier wings and Second Lieutenant Commission of flight officer at 
graduation exercises at San Angelo, Texas.  The graduation exercises marked 
the end of a rigourous12-week course of training for the men in the operation 
of the deadliest weapon of World War II, the super accurate U.S. bombsight and 
a host of allied objects.  Lt. Slobodzian was graduated from Phoenixville High 
School and was a member of Battery C, 107th Field Artillery, prior to entering 
Officer Candidate School.

Daily Republican, October 12, 1944
First Lieutenant Leon B. Slobodzian, Kimberton, who won the Distinguished 
Flying Cross and the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters overseas, has 
arrived in the States.  He is the son of William Slobodzian.  As a B-17 
Fortress lead bombardier, Lt. Slobodzian flew 29 missions during eight months 
in the European theater of operation.  Prior to entering the Army in February 
1941, he engaged in the hotel business in Phoenixville.  He is a graduate of 
the Phoenixville High School, class of 1934.  Lt. Slobodzian arrived recently 
at Army Air Forces Redistribution Station No. 2 in Miami Bach for reassignment 
processing after completing his tour of duty outside the continental United 
States.


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