World War II Honoree

Robison D. 'Bob' Harley

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Friends of American Heroes

SERVED AS A LIEUTENANT COLONEL IN BOTH THE U.S. ARMY AND U.S. ARMY AIR CORPS. STATIONED IN THE PANAMA CANAL ZONE. AS A DOCTOR OF OPHTHALMOLOGY HE WAS AWARDED A COMMENDATION MEDAL FROM THE U.S. ARMY FOR TREATING EYE DISEASES AND HELPING TO IDENTIFY RIVER BLINDNESS. HE ALSO SERVED AS CHIEF OF OPHTHALMOLOGY AND OTOLARYNGOLOGY AT GORGAS HOSPITAL IN PANAMA, WHERE HE RECEIVED THE LEGION OF MERIT AND THE VASCO NUNEZ DE BALBOA AWARD FROM THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA.