World War II Honoree

Robert Hyde Page

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Ramona, California

Honored By

Son and Family

ARMY TRAINING AT FORT ROBERTS, MILITARY LANDING ON OKINAWA, FOLLOWED BY LANDING AND OCCUPATION OF MAINLAND JAPAN, AS AN ARMY MILITARY POLICE WAS ONE OF GENERAL MCARTHUR'S DRIVERS, AS A SERGEANT LED A SMALL UNIT OF ENFORCEMENT MILITARY POLICEMEN SEARCHING CAVES AND OTHER LOCATIONS FOR JAPANESE MILITARY FORCES WHO HAD NOT SURRENDERED AND WEAPONS PRODUCING MACHINERY TO BE SEIZED OR DESTROYED. DISCHARGED 1946, WAS OFFERED AN OFFICER'S COMMISSION BUT TURNED DOWN IN ORDER TO RETURN HOME TO FAMILY.