World War II Honoree

Robert Nicholas Gentner

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

New York, New York

Honored By

Frank C. Gentner and Robert N. Gentner, Jr

Relationship

Sons

ARMY SERIAL NO. 34 209 911. GRADE: CORPORAL, ARM OF SERVICE: ARMY AIR FORCE, COMPONENT: AUS INDUCTED ON 16 JUL 42 AT CAMP BLANDING, FLORIDA, SEPARATED ON 7 JAN 46 AT SEPARATION CENTER, CAMP GRANT, ILLINOIS MILITARY OCCUPATION SPECIALTY: AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHER, MOS# 945. AWARDS INCLUDE: ARMY AIR FORCE TECH BADGE W/COMMUNICATIONS & PHOTOGRAPHY BAR MM W/CAR, 1 SERVICE STRIPE, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL. SERVED IN THE US ARMY AIR CORPS AS AN AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHER, PHOTOGRAPHER, AND COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST. ASSIGNMENTS INCLUDE WRIGHT FIELD IN DAYTON, OH WHERE HE TOOK PHOTOS OF THE FLYING WING AMONG OTHER AIRCRAFT. HE WAS ALSO STATIONED AT CLOSE-BY BASES LIKE WILMINGTON, OH. HE WAS STATIONED IN SAN ANTONIO'S STINSON FIELD, EPHRATA, WASHINGTON. HE HAD BASIC TRAINING IN MIAMI BEACH, FL ON THE GOLF COURSES. PRIOR TO ENLISTING HE HAD SERVED FROM 1939-1942 IN THE US NAVY DEPARTMENT IN WASHINGTON, D.C.