World War II Honoree

Bob Berghaier

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Friends of American Heroes

HE WAS PART OF THE U.S. NAVY'S ARMED GUARD DETACHMENT, MANNING MERCHANT SHIPS TO PROTECT AGAINST ENEMY AIRCRAFT AND SUBMARINES. IN A CONVOY ON THE WAY TO MURMANSK IN 1944, IT WOUND UP IN ANTWERP WHERE THE GERMANS, EVEN ON THE VERGE OF LOSING THE WAR, WERE STILL HURLING V-1 ROCKETS AT THE CITY. HE WAS IN A BAR IN ANTWERP, BELGIUM WHEN A V-1 ROCKET EXPLODED NEARBY, BLOWING THE DOOR OPEN BUT HE ESCAPED INJURY.