World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Robert 'Bob' Billingsley
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Pateros, Washington
Honored By
Jerry Billingsley & LTC Charles T. Borg, USA-Ret.
ENLISTED IN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON IN 1941. QUALIFIED FOR ARMY AIR FORCE AND SERVED IN NORTH AFRICA, SICILY AND ITALY. IN LATE 1944, WAS TRANSFERRED TO CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER OF OPERATIONS AND SUPPORTED AIR OPERATIONS AGAINST THE JAPANESE IN BURMA, THAILAND AND CHINA. EARNED AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. DISCHARGED IN EARLY 1946.