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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Robert Simon Wiberg

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Worcester, Massachusetts

Honored By

Kathy Robillard

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

SERVED AS A SEAMAN FIRST CLASS IN THE AMERICAN AND PACIFIC THEATERS OF OPERATIONS. SERVED ABOARD THE USS MOUNT MCKINLEY AND PARTICIPATED IN THE FOLLOWING OPERATIONS: THE CAPTURE AND OCCUPATION OF THE SOUTHERN PALAU ISLANDS (PELELIU, ANGAUR, AND NGESEBUS); THE LEYTE LANDINGS; THE ASSAULT AND OCCUPATION OF LINGAYEN GULF, LUZON, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS; AND THE ASSAULT AND OCCUPATION OF THE OKINAWA GUNTO. PARTICIPATED IN THE INITIAL LANDING OF OCCUPATION FORCES AT SASEBO, KYUSHU, JAPAN ON SEPTEMBER 22, 1945 AND AT KURE, HONSHU, JAPAN ON OCTOBER 6, 1945. SERVICE DATES: JANUARY 1944-DECEMBER 1945.