Veterans Spotlight — US Air Force Corporal Tony Pastore
Tony Pastore, now 96, served his country from 1943 to 1946 as a corporal in the US Air Force. Born in Pittsfield, he enlisted on March 23, 1943, and was sent to Fort Devens in Massachusetts. From there it was on to basic training in Miami Beach, Florida. Corporal Pastore remembered, âWe marched all day in the goddamn heatâ¦our platoon was an honor platoon.â He was assigned to the New England Aircraft School in Boston then was sent to Fort Banks in Winthrop, where he came down with double pneumonia. âThe colonel there liked me so he sent me home for 30 days to recuperateâ...
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