World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Robert Earl Duff, Jr.
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Clay City, Illinois
Honored By
Robert Medley Gatewood
ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE AS AN APPRENTICE SEAMAN ON JULY 6, 1943. COMPLETED BOOT CAMP AT NAVAL TRAINING STATION FARRAGUT, IDAHO; NAVAL TRAINING SCHOOL WRIGHT JUNIOR COLLEGE, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS; NAVAL TRAINING SCHOOL (ELEMENTARY ELECTRICITY AND RADIO MATERIALS) STILLWATER, OKLAHOMA AND ADVANCED RADIO SCHOOL AT NAVAL TRAINING CENTER, CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS. ASSIGNED TO AND SERVED WITH, IN TURN, AIR TRANSPORT SQUADRONS 10, 9 AND 12; AND NAVAL AIR STATION OLATHE, KANSAS. EARNED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS AN AVIATION RADIO TECHNICIAN FIRST CLASS ON APRIL 8, 1946 AT THE NAVAL PERSONNEL SEPARATION CENTER, GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS.