World War II Honoree

Robert O. Bach

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

San Francisco, California

Honored By

A Grateful American

HE SERVED AS A WARRANT OFFICE AT HAWAII'S BELLOWS FIELD WHERE, ON DECEMBER 7, 1941, HE AND A FELLOW AIRMEN SPOTTED A MIDGET SUBMARINE THAT HAD RUN AGROUND ON A CORAL REEF INSTEAD OF STEERING INTO PEARL HARBOR. HE SWAM A CABLE OUT TO SECURE THE SUB WHILE ONE OF THE SUB'S TWO CREWMEN BECAME THE FIRST JAPANESE PRISONER OF WWII.