World War II Honoree

Robert Edison Moyers

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Sidney, Iowa

Honored By

Wilbert C. Fletke

Relationship

Friend

HE ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE IN 1942 AFTER GRADUATION FROM UNIVERSITY OF IOWA SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY. THE MOST HIGHLY DECORATED DENTAL OFFICER IN THE HISTORY OF THE U.S. ARMY, HAVING PARACHUTED BEHIND ENEMY LINES IN WWII. HE SERVED AS CHIEF MEDICAL LIAISON OFFICER OF THE ALLIED MILITARY MISSION TO THE GREEK RESISTANCE MOVEMENT, PLAYING A CRITICAL ROLE IN THE EFFORT TO LIBERATE GREECE FROM THE GERMANS. AWARDED THE BRONZE STAR, THE LEGION OF MERIT AND THE PURPLE HEART, AS WELL AS THE ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX FROM GREECE.