Arnold L. Schuster collection

Arnold L. Schuster was born on April 24, 1925 in South Fallsburg, New York to Mr. Joseph Schuster and Mrs. Fannie Ax Schuster. By 1942 Arnold Schuster was attending Syracuse University where he majored in Forestry and worked as a bell hop at a local hotel. He attended Syracuse University for one year before he decided to enlist on the 19th of April 1943. Once in the military he was sent to the Army Air force in which he was trained as a B-25 navigator. During the next two years he moved around the states to training locations in North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, New York, and finally Louisiana. It is at Selman Field in Louisiana where he eventually attained his commission as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Army Air force and was eventually given transfer orders overseas to the Pacific Theater of war. In the Pacific theater 2nd Lieutenant Arnold L. Schuster became part of the 386th bomb squadron of the 312th bomb group. During his time with the 386th bomb squadron, he participated in campaigns in the Western Pacific that included Luzon, Ryukyu Islands, the Chinese offensive, and the Japanese offensive. After the War ended, 2nd Lieutenant Arnold L. Schuster remained within the Army Air Force until his Honorable Discharge on the 22nd of January of 1946. Schuster married Anita Schuster and together they had a son, Jonathan. Arnold passed away on May 19, 2010 at the age of 85. He is buried at the Central Texas State Veterans Cementary in Killeen, Texas.

Note written by Alejandro C. Palacio and edited by Beatrice Dain