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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Robert James Crerar

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Rossland

Honored By

Judy Freeman

Relationship

Cousin

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Activity During WWII

Enlisted in 1940 and served in all the wars of the Pacific. He served on the USS Cummings and was on the ship the day Pearl Harbor was bombed. His ship was one of the convoy ships bringing back the wounded to the states arriving in San Francisco December 23rd, 1941. He was in 8 out of 10 major battles in the Pacific theater of Operations. These included Kwajalein, Coral Sea, Marshall Islands, Guadalcanal, Tulagi, Wake, and Midway. He was also in the Philippine Islands, Australia, and the Indian Ocean.