World War II Honoree

John Robertson Glassburn

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Lynn G. Sickeler

Relationship

Daughter

ENLISTED AFTER PEARL HARBOR. SERVED AS A PHYSICIAN FOR NAVAL RECRUITING STATION AT GREENSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA. STATIONED IN PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA. ASSIGNED OVERSEAS IN THE PACIFIC AREA WITH 1ST MARINE WING, A MARINE CORSAIR SQUADRON AS A FLIGHT SURGEON. SERVED IN BOUGAINVILLE, MIDWAY, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND OKINAWA. DISCHARGED EARLY 1946 AT PENSACOLA.