World War II Honoree

Robert M. Hass

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Lockport, New York

Honored By

Jean Thompson Londin

Relationship

Cousin

SERVED 1941-1946 ON THE USS SARATOGA CV-3, THE USS ANTAEUS AS-21 AND THE USS BROWNSON DD-518 (INCLUDING HER SHAKEDOWN CRUISE). IN THE ATLANTIC, ESCORTED CONVOYS TO AND FROM NORTH AFRICA. IN THE PACIFIC, ESCORTED LSD CRAFT AS PART OF THE 1942 INVASION FLEET WHICH RECAPTURED ADAK ISLAND IN THE ALEUTIAN ISLAND CHAIN, ALASKA. ON CHRISTMAS DAY IN 1943, SURVIVED THE JAPANESE AIR ATTACK AND SINKING OF THE DESTROYER USS BROWNSON IN THE NEW BRITAIN ISLANDS. THEREAFTER, SERVED ON THE USS VALERIA AKA-48, AN ATTACK TRANSPORT, IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, SOUTH PACIFIC.