World War II Honoree

Robert Lewis Bell

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Flint, Michigan

Honored By

John Peterson

THOUGH HE DID NOT SEE ANY COMBAT ACTION DUE TO THE LOSS OF VISION IN HIS RIGHT EYE, HE WAS ABLE TO PASS THE INDUCTION EXAMINATION FOR THE MARINES BY MEMORIZING EYE CHARTS. HE HAD A MEDICAL DISCHARGE FROM THE MARINES LESS THAN A YEAR AFTER JOINING IN 1941. HE THEN WENT TO THE NAVY WHERE HE SERVED IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS UNTIL 1946.