World War II Honoree

Robert Lamar Andersen

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Salt Lake City, Utah

Honored By

Arlene Andersen, Kenneth & Clarissa Andersen

Relationship

Wife & Family

HE SERVED APPROXIMATELY 30 MONTHS IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC AS A PHARMACIST'S MATE. HIS DUTIES WERE TO ASSIST DOCTORS IN THE TREATMENT OF THE WOUNDED, BOTH ON SHORE AND ABOARD SHIP. WHILE ON SHORE, HE HELPED TREAT AND STABILIZE THE WOUNDED UNTIL FURTHER HELP COULD ARRIVE. ABOARD SHIP, HE ASSISTED DOCTORS IN THE INTENSIVE TREATMENT OF CASUALTIES PRIOR TO THEIR BEING TRANSPORTED TO LARGER HOSPITAL SHIPS. FROM MARCH OF 1943 TO AUGUST OF 1944, HE TOOK PART IN COMBAT IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, INCLUDING GUADALCANAL, RUSSELL ISLANDS, RENDOVA ISLAND, NEW GEORGIA, VELLA LA VELLA ISLAND AND BOUGAINVILLE. FROM SEPTEMBER 1944 TO MAY 1945, HE SERVED IN NEW GUINEA, THE PHILIPPINES AND BORNEO. WHILE SERVING ABOARD THE LST 1025, HE PARTICIPATED IN COMBAT AT LEYTE GULF, MINDORO ISLAND, LINGAYEN GULF, SAN ANTONIO BAY, SUBIC BAY, PANAY ISLAND, NEGROS ISLAND AND TARAKAN, BORNEO.