World War II Honoree

Robert Joseph Webster

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

New York, New York

Honored By

Mr. William R. Webster

Relationship

Son

SERVED IN THE NEW YORK STATE MOUNTED NATIONAL GUARD FROM JUNE 5, 1939 TO FEBRUARY 3, 1941. SERVED IN THE U.S. ARMY FROM JULY 23, 1942 TO DECEMBER 17, 1945. RECEIVED ORDNANCE TRAINING AS A PRIVATE IN ABERDEEN, MARYLAND. IN POSITION AS AN ARMORER; REPAIRED AND TESTED VARIOUS WEAPONS, SUCH AS PISTOLS, RIFLES AND MACHINE GUNS. SERVED IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER, STATIONED AT SCHOFIELD BARRACKS IN HONOLULU, HAWAII. PLACE OF SEPARATION FROM THE ARMY WAS AT FORT DIX, NEW JERSEY IN 1945.