World War II Honoree

Robert L. Hermansky

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Omaha, Nebraska

Honored By

Mrs. Marjorie H. Niebergall

JOINED UP IN 1937. SERVED IN ALASKA AND GUANTANAMO BAY ABOARD THE BATTLESHIP USS NEW MEXICO BB-40, THEN PASSED EXAMS, BECAME AN ENLISTED PILOT ON PBY CATALINAS 'BLACK CATS'. LATER SHOT DOWN IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC. HAD HE LIVED HE WOULD HAVE BECOME COMMISSIONED, AS DID OTHER PILOTS IN HIS SQUADRON, TO FLY ADMIRAL NIMITZ IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC. HE WAS LOST AT SEA IN THAT TERRIBLE DECEMBER.