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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Robert Lester Williams

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Avoca, Pennsylvania

Honored By

William Fischer, Jr.

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE ON 23 MARCH 1943 AT WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA, WITH BASIC TRAINING 25 MARCH-17 JUNE 1943 AT U.S. NAVAL TRAINING CENTER, SAMPSON, NEW YORK, THEN AT UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN UNTIL 10 NOVEMBER 1943. MOVED TO AMPHIBIOUS TRAINING BASE, SOLOMONS, MARYLAND, UNTIL 22 FEBRUARY 1944, THEN SEA DUTY/FOREIGN SERVICE ABOARD THE USS LCI(L) 1052 FROM 21 MARCH 1944 TO 2 MARCH 1946, WITH DUTY IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC TO THE CONCLUSION OF THE WAR. SEPARATED FROM ACTIVE SERVICE ON 13 APRIL 1946 AT U.S. NAVAL SEPARATION CENTER, BAINBRIDGE, MARYLAND.