World War II Honoree

Robert G. Nester, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Floyd, Virginia

Honored By

VFW Post 7854 - Floyd County, Virginia

ENLISTED IN THE U.S. NAVY ON 6 JUNE 1944. RECEIVED INSTRUCTION AT NAVAL TRAINING STATIONS LOCATED AT BAINBRIDGE, MARYLAND, NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND AND SHELTON, VIRGINIA. PERFORMED DUTIES AS A STOREKEEPER SECOND CLASS PETTY OFFICER ABOARD USS WRANGELL AE-12, AN AMMUNITION SHIP. SERVED IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS FROM NOVEMBER 1944 TO NOVEMBER 1945. TOOK PART IN THE FOLLOWING CAMPAIGNS: PHILIPPINE LIBERATION, BATTLE OF IWO JIMA AND BATTLE OF OKINAWA. EARNED THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL, THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH THREE BATTLE STARS, THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON AND THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AT CAMP SHELTON, VIRGINIA ON 8 JUNE 1946.