World War II Honoree

Robert W. 'Bob' Clark

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Kansas City, Missouri

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE AFTER GRADUATING FROM COLLEGE IN 1943. ATTENDED NAVY SCHOOLS FOR SOME 6 MONTHS AT NOTRE DAME UNIVERSITY AT SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AND THE HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL IN BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. COMMISSIONED AN ENSIGN IN THE NAVY SUPPLY CORPS. SERVED AS A DISBURSING OFFICER OVERSEAS IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER WITH THE 81ST NAVAL CONSTRUCTION BATTALION (SEABEE) IN ENGLAND AND FRANCE. RETURNED TO THE UNITED STATES WITH THE BATTALION TO DAVISVILLE, RHODE ISLAND WHERE THE UNIT WAS PREPARED FOR FURTHER DEPLOYMENT OVERSEAS. DEPLOYED AND SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER AS A BATTALION DISBURSING OFFICER. ARRIVED AT PEARL HARBOR, TERRITORY OF HAWAII AND THEN PROCEEDED TO OKINAWA IN THE RYUKYU ISLANDS WHERE HIS UNIT TOOK PART IN THE OKINAWA-GUNTO OPERATION. WHEN HIS UNIT WAS DISBANDED, HE WAS REASSIGNED AS DISBURSING OFFICER AT THE NAVAL BASE ON MANUS ISLAND IN THE ADMIRALTY ISLANDS. HE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY RETURNED TO THE UNITED STATES AND HONORABLY DISCHARGED TO THE NAVAL RESERVES IN 1946. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL, HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.