World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Robert E. Norlander
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Homewood, Illinois
Honored By
Stephen Norlander
Relationship
Son
He entered the U.S. Navy, at the age of seventeen, in 1944. After initial training at Great Lakes, he shipped out to the South Pacific. He served on a destroyer escort and was stationed on Leyte Island in the Philippines during the Battle of Leyte Island in October 1944.