World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Robert Emmett Fitzgerald
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Yankton, South Dakota
Honored By
Phyllis & Kathleen Fitzgerald
Relationship
Wife & Daughter
SERVED AS BOAT GROUP COMMANDER ON THE USS FREDERICK FUNSTON. PARTICIPATED IN THE INVASIONS OF SICILY AND SALERNO, SAIPAN, LEYTE AND THE LINGAYEN GULF. EARNED A BRONZE STAR. ENTERED THE WAR AS AN ENSIGN AND ACHIEVED THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT JUNIOR GRADE. JOINED THE REGULAR NAVY AS A LIEUTENANT.