World War II Honoree

Robert G. Anderson

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Jersey City, New Jersey

Honored By

Claudia Huggins Tuck

ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE ON OCTOBER 15, 1940. SERVED IN BOTH THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC AND THE EUROPEAN THEATER DURING WWII. HIS MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY DURING THE WAR WAS INFANTRY UNIT COMMANDER. HE WAS PART OF BATTLES IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER, RHINELAND AND CENTRAL EUROPE. RECEIVED THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER CAMPAIGN RIBBON, AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, AMERICAN THEATER CAMPAIGN RIBBON, THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER CAMPAIGN RIBBON AND THE PURPLE HEART (ACTION IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER ON NOVEMBER 9, 1944). HIS FINAL RANK WAS FIRST LIEUTENANT WHEN HE LEFT ACTIVE DUTY ON DECEMBER 11, 1945.