World War II Honoree

Robert J. O'Connor

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Palo Alto, California

Honored By

Ms. Christine Stafford

Relationship

Daughter

WENT OVERSEAS IN 1942 AND LANDED IN CASABLANCA. FROM THERE, WENT TO SBEITLA IN TUNISIA AND THEN THROUGH THE TUNISIAN CAMPAIGN. HIS CREW RAN THE AIRPORTS AND WORKED ON SPITFIRES, HURRICANES AND LATER B-25 AIRCRAFT. AT THE END OF THE TUNISIA CAMPAIGN, HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO ELLIOTT ROOSEVELT'S 90TH PHOTOGRAPHIC WING. LATE IN 1944 HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO SAN SEVERO, ITALY. CAME HOME IN 1945.