World War II Honoree

Robert Wyman Moss, Sr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Punta Gorda, Florida

Honored By

James O. Sweeny

Relationship

Classmate

IN JANUARY, 1941 HE WAS CALLED INTO ACTIVE DUTY WITH THE ARMY AS A 2ND LIEUTENANT INFANTRY OFFICER, AND WAS REASSIGNED TO THE QUARTERMASTER CORPS BASED ON HIS EXPERIENCE RUNNING A LAUNDRY. HE WAS STATIONED AT CAMP POLK, LOUISIANA WHERE HE RAN THE BASE LAUNDRY AND WAS IN CHARGE OF THE GERMAN PRISONER OF WAR LABORERS USED THERE. HE HAD AN ASSIGNMENT AT CAMP BUTNER, NORTH CAROLINA, AT THE QUARTERMASTER CENTER AND SCHOOL AT FORT LEE, VIRGINIA AND ANOTHER AT FORT MCPHERSON, GEORGIA WHERE HE SUPERVISED CONSTRUCTION OF THE BASE LAUNDRY. IN 1945 HE WAS GIVEN AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE AS A CAPTAIN.