World War II Honoree

Robert Lee Webster

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Columbus, Ohio

Honored By

Novaro & Jan Nichols

Relationship

Friends

PRIVATE FIRST CLASS. TOOK BASIC TRAINING AT SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, SHIPPED OUT WITH THE 3RD MARINE DIVISION TO PEARL HARBOR JUST AFTER THE JAPANESE ATTACK. HE WAS THEN SENT ONTO GUADALCANAL AND LANDED WITH THE SECOND WAVE OF THE ISLAND INVASION. AFTER A YEAR THERE, WAS SENT TO IWO JIMA WHERE HE WITNESSED TO RAISING OF THE U.S. FLAG ON MOUNT SURIBACHI WHILE SUFFERING FROM A BELLY WOUND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL.