World War II Honoree

Robert Keith Hedelius

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Rexburg, Idaho

Honored By

Nicholas Hope

Relationship

Grandson

SERVED IN U.S. NAVY IN THE NAVAL ARMED GUARD ABOARD THE SS E. A. BURNETT IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER. ALSO DOCKED AT PEARL HARBOR, ENIWETOK (MARSHALL ISLANDS), SAIPAN (MARIANA ISLANDS), AND TINIAN (MARIANA ISLANDS) AROUND THE SAME TIME THAT THE ATOMIC BOMBS WERE UNLOADED. MAINTAINED A GUN STATION; 20MM, MOUNTED ON THE BRIDGE. NAVAL ARMED GUARD WAS DISBANDED SHORTLY AFTER THE END OF WWII.