World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Robert V. Edwards
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Mrs. Merriam K. Edwards
Relationship
Wife
Was in the 534th Amphibian Tractor Battalion, B Company -- assault wave on Saipan and Tinian in the Mariana Islands and on Okinawa. Received one Bronze Arrowhead for the Mariana Islands Campaign and one Bronze Service Star for the Okinawa Campaign; was awarded the Navy Presidential Unit Citation twice.