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Robert W. Busick

BRANCH OF SERVICE
U.S. Navy

HOMETOWN
Orleans, IN

HONORED BY
Grateful American
ACTIVITY DURING WWII
ENTERED SERVICE FEBRUARY 1943, DISCHARGED DECEMBER 1945. TRAINED WITH COMPANY B, FIELD MEDICAL SCHOOL BATTALION, CAMP ELLIOTT, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. ASSIGNED TO COMPANY A, MEDICAL BATTALION CORPS, TROOP V, AMPHIBIOUS CORPS FLEET MARINE FORCE. DEPARTED SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA ABOARD THE USS PRESIDENT MONROE AP-140 FOR KAHULUI MAUI, TERRITORY OF HAWAII. 31 JANUARY 1945 SAILED ABOARD THE USS BARROW APA-61 (ATTACK TRANSPORT) LANDING ON IWO JIMA ON 19 FEBRUARY 1945. RATING OF PHARMACIST'S MATE SECOND CLASS PETTY OFFICER.