World War II Honoree

Robert Sylvester Doyle

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Pilot Grove, Missouri

Honored By

Robert Whitecotton

Relationship

Grandson

WATER TENDER FIRST CLASS, SERVED FROM JANUARY 13, 1942 TO OCTOBER 18, 1945. ATTENDED RECRUIT TRAINING AT NAVY STATION, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA; SERVED ABOARD DESTROYER USS CRANE, DD-109, ON THE WEST COAST ON ANTISUBMARINE PATROL, LOCAL ESCORT DUTY, TRAINING EXERCISES, AND SCREENING DUTY FOR AMPHIBIOUS EXERCISES INITIALLY AS AN APPRENTICE SEAMAN, LATER AS A FIREMAN ACHIEVING FIRST CLASS, AND THEN SHIFTING RATES TO WATER TENDER; ATTENDED OIL BURNING SCHOOL AT NAVY YARD, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA AND DESTROYER SCHOOL AT NORFOLK, VIRGINIA; AND THEN SERVED ABOARD THE DESTROYER USS STRONG, DD-758, JOINING THE VESSEL ON MARCH 8, 1945 UPON IT'S COMMISSIONING. ON MAY 31, 1945 DEPARTED SAN DIEGO FOR PEARL HARBOR; ON JUNE 20, 1945 DEPARTED HAWAII TO BEGIN ESCORT DUTY FOR CONVOYS BETWEEN THE MARSHALL AND CAROLINE ISLANDS. FROM JULY 27, 1945 TO AUGUST 31, 1945 SERVED AS A CONVOY ESCORT AND ON ANTISUBMARINE SCREENING DUTY IN THE RYUKYU ISLANDS. WAS ON BOARD THE USS STRONG ON V-J DAY OF AUGUST 14, 1945 AND THE SIGNING OF THE SURRENDER DOCUMENT OF THE JAPANESE EMPIRE ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1945. ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1945 TRANSFERRED TO NAVY BASE, KUBA, OKINAWA FOR FURTHER TRANSFER TO THE PERSONNEL SEPARATION CENTER AT TERMINAL ISLAND, CALIFORNIA AND WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED. AWARDED THE NAVY GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH TWO STARS FOR THE WESTERN PACIFIC AND RYUKYU CAMPAIGNS AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.