World War II Honoree

Robert McGuire Bears

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Flora, Illinois

Honored By

Howard Lewis Patton

Relationship

Friend

ENLISTED AND ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE FOR THE DURATION AT THE RECRUITING STATION, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS ON MARCH 5, 1942. SERVED AS AN AVIATION LINE CHIEF IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS FROM JANUARY 8, 1943 TO MAY 1, 1944. EARNED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A MASTER TECHNICAL SERGEANT ON NOVEMBER 20, 1945 AT THE MARINE AVIATION SEPARATION UNIT, MARINE CORPS AIR BASE, CHERRY POINT, NORTH CAROLINA.