World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Robert Carlisle Giffen
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
West Chester, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Pearl Thomas
He participated in the North Africa invasion, during which his task force actively engaged French warships and aircraft off Casablanca, Morocco. During 1943 and 1944, he commanded battleship and cruiser task forces in the Pacific, participating in the fight for Guadalcanal, the Aleutian Islands campaign, the invasions of the Gilbert and Marshall Islands and raids against Japanese bases in the central Pacific.