World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Robert James Chapman
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
North Bend, Nebraska
Honored By
Family & Children
Served in the Philippine Islands on the Island of Luzon, Subic Bay in 1945 and 1946. Was scheduled for the invasion of Japan when the atomic bomb was dropped. Then assigned to furnish shore power to refurbish ships for decommissioning at the end of the war.