In 1945, Bronson served as Boeing B-29 Superfortress aerial gunner with the Guam-based 61st Bombardment Squadron within the 39th Bombardment Group, which conducted combat missions against the Japanese home islands. His family was so poor that, he had to wear his sister’s dress to school due to lack of clothing.Ĭharles worked there until he entered military service during World War II then, he was enlisted in the United States Army Air Force and served in the 760th Flexible Gunnery Training Squadron. Charles Bronson: Professional Life, CareerĬharles Bronson started working in a coal mine after his father’s death at 10. After his graduation from high school, Charles went to ‘Pasadena Playhouse’. Education, School/College Universityīronson was the first member of his family to graduate from high school although the school’s name is not mentioned. Other than that there is no information about his siblings. He also had a brother Roy Buchinsky and a sister.
Bronson was 10 when his father died and started working in mine too.
Bučinskis from Druskininkai in southern Lithuania and his mother Mary (née Valinsky) from Tamaqua, Pennsylvania. And he belonged to the American-Lithuanian nationality. Charles was born with the name Charles Dennis Buchinsky. Charles Bronson: Birth, Parents, Siblings, Ethnicity, NationalityĬharles Bronson was born on November 3, 1921, in Ehrenfeld, Pennsylvania.