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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Robert H. Morgan

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Rochester, New York

Honored By

Edwin G. Anderson, Sr.

Relationship

Shipmate

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

ENLISTED FEBRUARY 1943. BOOT CAMP AT SAMPSON NAVAL TRAINING CENTER IN NEW YORK. GUNNERY SCHOOL, GREAT LAKES. THEN TO SAN PEDRO, CALIFORNIA AND TERMINAL ISLAND WHERE ASSIGNED TO USS NECHES AO-47, FLEET TANKER. SERVED ABOARD USS NECHES UNTIL DECEMBER 1945. WHILE ABOARD THE NECHES, PROMOTED TO RANK OF SIGNALMAN 2ND CLASS. EARNED 6 BRONZE STARS FOR SERVICE IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC WHILE ABOARD THE NECHES AND THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL WITH ONE STAR. DISCHARGED AT SAMPSON NAVAL TRAINING CENTER, FEBRUARY 1946.