 NAME: CARVER, CHARLES E., JR. RANK: SECOND LIEUTENANT SERIAL NUMBER: 0- 814247 MOS: 1034 - NAVIGATOR ASSIGNED: JANUARY 1944 Back to "Roster"...  Second Lieutenant (Dr.) Charles
Ellsworth Carver Jr., was born in Burlington, Vermont on May 27, 1922. Upon graduation
from Burlington High School in June 1940, Lieutenant Carver enlisted in the Army as an
Aviation Cadet in August 1942, and was called to active duty on January 3, 1943.
Classified as navigator in the Nashville Classification Center Lieutenant Carver
then reported to Selman Field, Monroe, Louisiana in February 1943. He received his
Navigator's wings and was commissioned on October 14, 1943. Lieutenant Carver was ordered
to teach navigation along with fellow Navigators Lieutenant Richard W. Deane and the late
Lieutenant Robert A. Booth. He joined the 2nd Emergency Rescue Squadron along with Booth
and Deane in January 1944. He flew numerous missions during the war as a Navigator.
Lieutenant Carver left the 2nd ERS April 6, 1945 and separated from the service October 6,
1945. His military awards and decorations include: Air
Medal (5 OLC), Asiatic - Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal, Philippine Liberation Medal.After the war, Mr. Carver went back to school at the University of Vermont where he received his Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering. (Cum Laude) In 1949, he earned his Master's degree in Civil Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and later his Doctorate degree from the same. Postwar career - Academic |
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