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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Robert Lippard Davidson

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Dayton, Ohio

Honored By

Robert L. Davidson, Jr.

Relationship

Son

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Activity During WWII

F6F GRUMMAN HELLCAT PILOT. FROM MID 1942 THROUGH LATE 1944, HE SERVED AS A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AT PENSACOLA NAVAL AIR STATION. FROM LATE 1944 UNTIL MID AUGUST 1945, HE SERVED ON THE CARRIER USS WASP II AND THEN WAS STATIONED ON SAIPAN TO ESCORT B-29 BOMBERS IN THE ASSAULT ON JAPAN. HIS DUTY WAS CURTAILED BY THE AUGUST 6, 1945 ATOMIC BOMBING OF HIROSHIMA BY THE ENOLA GAY, PRECIPITATING THE END OF WWII.