World War II Honoree

Robert Lewis Allbritton

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Birmingham, Alabama

Honored By

Mark Allbritton

Relationship

Son

SERVED ABOARD USS LANG DD-399 IN BOTH ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC THEATERS OF OPERATION. WAS A MEMBER OF FORCE 'W', WHICH INCLUDED USS WASP, SAILING BETWEEN ENGLAND AND THE MEDITERRANEAN TO DELIVER SPITFIRES TO THE BESIEGED BRITISH FORCES ON MALTA IN THE PACIFIC, EXTENSIVE ACTION IN/AROUND GUADALCANAL AND SOLOMON ISLANDS, TO INCLUDE PARTICIPATION IN THE BATTLE OF VELLA GULF. HE IS CREDITED WITH SHOOTING DOWN ONE JAPANESE AIRCRAFT DURING THE SOLOMON ISLANDS CAMPAIGN.