World War II Honoree

Bob Price Hamilton

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Dallas, Texas

Honored By

William A. Hamilton III

Relationship

Nephew

HE JOINED THE NAVY IN 1942. HE ATTENDED FLIGHT SCHOOL FOR THE NAVY AIR CORPS, LEARNING TO FLY AND SOLOING IN THE NAVY SNJ TEXAN (SCOUT-TRAINER). HE LATER ENLISTED IN THE MARINES. HE GRADUATED FROM MARINE AIR CORPS RADIO SCHOOL AND GUNNER SCHOOL. HE THEN SERVED AS THE RADIO/GUNNER IN THE DOUGLAS SBD 'DAUNTLESS' DIVE BOMBER, A TWO SEAT PLANE WITH THE PILOT FACING FORWARD AND THE RADIO/GUNNER FACING AFT. HIS TRAINING AT EWA MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IN OAHU, HAWAII, INCLUDING LANDINGS AND TAKE OFF'S FROM AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER. AFTER TRAINING, IN LATE 1944, HE WAS STATIONED AT NAVAL AIR STATION MIDWAY, MIDWAY ISLAND. THE WAR ENDED BEFORE HE SAW ACTION AGAINST THE JAPANESE. HE WAS A SERGEANT.