- SURNAME
Haimson
- FORENAME
Fima
- UNIT
OSS Detachment 101
- RANK
Technical Sergeant
- NUMBER
- AWARD
Bronze Star
- PLACE
Burma
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 28.1.1921 Lithuania
son of Abraham and Malka Haimson
emigrated to USA 1940
entered service September 1941
US Army/OSS
radio operator
postwar
Foreign Service,Paris
National Academy of Sciences,Washington,D.C.
Department of State
UNESCO
translator/interpreter,Phillips Petroleum 1969-85 (consultant until 1992)
fluent in German and Russian
married Irene Isabel Easterbrook (3 sons)
also father of 4 stepsons and 3 stepdaughters
died 29.12.2002 Bartlesville,Oklahoma
Arlington National Cemetery,Virginia Section 6-KK Row 22 Site 2
rank on headstone "Second Lieutenant"
son of Abraham and Malka Haimson
emigrated to USA 1940
entered service September 1941
US Army/OSS
radio operator
postwar
Foreign Service,Paris
National Academy of Sciences,Washington,D.C.
Department of State
UNESCO
translator/interpreter,Phillips Petroleum 1969-85 (consultant until 1992)
fluent in German and Russian
married Irene Isabel Easterbrook (3 sons)
also father of 4 stepsons and 3 stepdaughters
died 29.12.2002 Bartlesville,Oklahoma
Arlington National Cemetery,Virginia Section 6-KK Row 22 Site 2
rank on headstone "Second Lieutenant"
