World War II Honoree

Robert Edwin Heberling

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Reading, Pennsylvania

Honored By

A Grateful American

SERVED IN THE CHINA-BURMA-INDIA CAMPAIGN AS A STAFF SERGEANT ENGINEER GUNNER ON A B-24 LIBERATOR BOMBER WITH THE 436TH SQUADRON, 7TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP, 10TH AIR FORCE. HE FLEW COUNTLESS MISSIONS OVER THE HIMALAYAS (THE HUMP) DELIVERING SUPPLIES AND CONDUCTED BOMBING RAIDS FROM MOULMEIN TO RANGOON. RECIPIENT OF THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS, AIR MEDAL AND THREE BRONZE STARS.