World War II Honoree

Robert Floyd Harding

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Delta, Colorado

Honored By

Virginia M. Harding, Janet & Thomas

Relationship

Wife, Daughter & Son

GRADUATED FROM THE OFFICER’S CANDIDATE SCHOOL AT FORT SCHUYLER, NEW YORK WHERE HE RECEIVED HIS COMMISSION AND THE RANK OF ENSIGN. COMPLETED SALVAGE DIVER TRAINING AT THE NAVAL TRAINING SCHOOL IN NEW YORK AND LATER ASSIGNED TO A LAND BASE UNIT IN FRANCE. HIS UNIT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SALVAGING OF MATERIALS FROM THE WATERS AND THE REMOVAL OF ALL OBSTACLES THAT THE GERMANS HAD PLACED IN THE HARBORS AND OFF OF THE BEACHES ALONG NORTHERN FRANCE’S COASTLINE.