WWII Veteran * Big Stone County

Robert O. Bergan

Entered Service: October 5, 1944

Branch of Service: Medical Corp

Trained at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania; Camp Edwards, Massachusetts; Fort Ord, California.

Overseas: March 1, 1945

Theatre of Operation: South Pacific.

Engagements:  Philippine, Luzon, Okinawa, Occupation of Japan. 

Medals Earned: Bronze Star, Philippine Liberation, South Pacific with three Battle Stars.

Returned to U.S.:  September 7, 1945 

Discharged: November 4, 1945, Fort Sheridan, Illinois.  

Rank: Captain

Total Months in Service: Twenty-five.

Landed in Japan August 30, 1945. Served in team covering Japan in liberating prisoners of war.  

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