World War II Honoree

Norma Jean O'Neal

Hometown

Texarkana, Arkansas

Honored By

Peggy O'Neal Robertson

Relationship

Daughter

SHE WAS WIFE AND MOTHER OF THREE WHOSE HUSBAND SERVED IN NAVY. SHE STAYED ON THE HOME FRONT AND TRAVELED FROM STATION TO STATION AS HE WAS DEPLOYED IN THE PACIFIC. SHE AND THE THREE CHILDREN JOINED HIM ON THE ISLAND OF KWAJALEIN IN THE MARSHALL ISLANDS TO BE THE FIRST AMERICANS THERE FOLLOWING WWII. THEIR SON AND OLDER DAUGHTER ATTENDED THE FIRST SCHOOL ON KWAJALEIN.