World War II Honoree

Robert L. Younkin

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Harlingen, Texas

Honored By

Fern

Relationship

Wife

ENTERED ON ACTIVE DUTY IN THE NAVY IN JULY 1942 AND TOOK BOOT CAMP TRAINING AT CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS. TOOK PRE-FLIGHT TRAINING AT CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA AND PRIMARY TRAINING AT HUTCHINSON, KANSAS. AFTER ADVANCED TRAINING ON PBY AIRCRAFT, HE RECEIVED HIS COMMISSION AND WAS ASSIGNED AS AN INSTRUMENT INSTRUCTOR IN A SQUADRON WHICH FLEW TWIN-ENGINE LOCKHEEDS. SERVED IN ANTI-SUBMARINE UNIT WHICH OPERATED ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST. JOINED A FERRY SQUADRON AT FLOYD BENNETT FIELD, FERRYING AIRCRAFT BETWEEN THERE AND OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, PEACE WAS DECLARED.