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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Frank Robert 'Bob' Hickman

Branch of Service

U.S. Merchant Marine

Hometown

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

GRADUATED FROM SAINT JOHN'S MILITARY SCHOOL IN 1941. COMMISSIONED A SECOND LIEUTENANT AND SERVED WITH THE KANSAS NATIONAL GUARD. ENTERED MERCHANT MARINE SERVICE IN THE FALL OF 1942, GRADUATED FROM THE MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY AT KINGS POINT, NEW YORK AND WAS COMMISSIONED AS AN ENSIGN. SERVED ABOARD MERCHANT SHIPS DURING THE WAR AS A CADET, THIRD, SECOND AND FIRST MATES. ATTAINED THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT JUNIOR GRADE. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.