World War II Honoree

Robert Milton 'Bud' Pace

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Alton, Illinois

Honored By

Carol Moss

Relationship

Stepdaughter

ENLISTED AND ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE AUGUST 5, 1941 AT ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. SERVED INITIALLY IN THE AMERICAN THEATER TRAINING AT BREMERTON, WASHINGTON; GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS NAVAL TRAINING STATION; SHOEMAKER, CALIFORNIA AND NAVAL AIR STATION AND THEN NAVAL HOSPITAL AT CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER. STATIONED AT THE WESTERNMOST, BARREN, ARCTIC ISLAND IN THE ALEUTIAN ISLAND CHAIN, AT NAVAL AIR STATION, ATTU, ALASKA AS PART OF 7TH FLEET SERVICE FORCES. AWARDED THE AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL AND HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON. DISCHARGED AT NAVY PERSONNEL SEPARATION CENTER, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI WITH THE RATING OF YEOMAN, SECOND CLASS ON DECEMBER 22, 1945.