World War II Honoree

Robert Edson Miner

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Norwich, New York

Honored By

Eleanor Miner

Relationship

Wife

HE SERVED IN THE U.S. NAVY FROM SEPTEMBER 1943 TO APRIL 1946. HE SERVED ABOARD THE USS MCCALL, A GRIDLEY-CLASS DESTROYER. HE RECEIVED OPERATION AND ENGAGEMENT STARS ON THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC AREA SERVICE RIBBON FOR THE FOLLOWING: THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC RAIDS OF 1944, THE WESTERN NEW GUINEA OPERATIONS, THE MARIANA ISLANDS OPERATION, THE WESTERN CAROLINE ISLANDS OPERATION, THE LEYTE OPERATION, THE LUZON OPERATION AND THE IWO JIMA OPERATION. HE WAS ABOARD THE MCCALL DURING ITS RESCUE OF GEORGE R. TWEED, WHO HAD BE ON THE RUN ON GUAM FROM THE JAPANESE DURING THEIR OCCUPATION OF THE ISLAND.