World War II Honoree
Served Their Country
Robert R. Eunson
Hometown
Billings, Montana
Honored By
Mr. Jim Worthen
Relationship
Friend
ASSOCIATED PRESS WAR CORRESPONDENT ASSIGNED TO GENERAL MACARTHUR'S STAFF IN THE PACIFIC IN 1943; NEARLY KILLED AND HIS TYPEWRITER WAS SMASHED BY BULLETS IN AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT ON ARAWE ISLAND OFF NEW BRITAIN. AFTER BEING STRICKEN WITH MALARIA, HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE EUROPEAN THEATER AND ADVANCED WITH U.S. FORCES TO ELBE RIVER, GERMANY; IN ASSOCIATED PRESS' PARIS OFFICE BUREAU WHEN GERMANY SURRENDERED. ALSO COVERED KOREAN AND VIETNAM WARS.