World War II Honoree

Robert Cecil 'Bob' Charles

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Bartlesville, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

Relationship

Relationship Not Determined

PASSED A QUALIFYING EXAM WHILE A HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR, IN 1943, FOR THE U.S. NAVY COLLEGE TRAINING PROGRAM (V-12). THIS PROGRAM WAS A NAVY-SUBSIDIZED BACHELOR'S (UNDERGRADUATE) DEGREE PROGRAM. HE GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL, WAS INDUCTED INTO THE U.S. NAVY AS AN APPRENTICE SEAMAN IN 1944, AND SENT TO OKLAHOMA UNIVERSITY AT NORMAN, OKLAHOMA TO EARN HIS DEGREE. SERVED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER DURING THE WAR. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AFTER THE WAR, AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.