World War II Honoree

Bobby L. 'Bob' Barnes

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Stillwater, Oklahoma

Honored By

Betty Joyce Nuckolls Barnes

Relationship

Wife

INDUCTED INTO THE NAVAL AVIATION CADET V-5 PROGRAM AT OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA IN JANUARY 1944. SERVED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER. STATIONED INITIALLY AT CENTRAL MISSOURI STATE TEACHER'S COLLEGE IN WARRENSBURG, MISSOURI. FROM FEBRUARY 1944 TO MARCH 1945, PARTICIPATED IN AVIATION RELATED LINE OFFICER V-12 SCHOOLING. REASSIGNED TO OLATHE NAVAL AIR STATION, KANSAS IN MARCH 1945 AND THEN TO SAINT MARY'S COLLEGE NEAR MORAGA, CALIFORNIA FOR PRE-FLIGHT TRAINING FROM MAY TO AUGUST 1945. IN TRAINING WHEN THE ATOMIC BOMBS WERE DROPPED ON HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI AND THE JAPANESE SURRENDERED. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. RELEASED FROM SERVICE AND HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A NAVAL AVIATION CADET AT NORMAN, OKLAHOMA IN SEPTEMBER 1945.