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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Robert Martin Connors

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Waseca, Minnesota

Honored By

Margaret Hildebrandt

Relationship

Daughter

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

ENLISTED DECEMBER 13, 1941. BOOT CAMP AT GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS. SERVED ON THE USS BARNETT FROM JANUARY 4, 1942 TO FEBRUARY 1945. TRANSPORTED TROOPS TO IRELAND IN FEBRUARY 1942, TO TONGATABU IN APRIL 1942, MADE GUADALCANAL INVASION AUGUST 7, 1942 AND REINFORCEMENTS IN NOVEMBER 1942. MADE THE INVASION OF SICILY, SALERNO, SOUTHERN FRANCE. GUAM NAVAL OPERATING BASE WHEN THE WAR ENDED.