Robert Lewis Chrisman, 87, was the son of Earl and Marese Greene Chrisman. He married Norma Garner on Dec. 24, 1946 in Colfax, Illinois. She passsed away in 2005.
He was also preceded in death by parents and his brother, Don.
He proudly served his country in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He fought with the first joint Navy and Marine strikeforce, GROPAC 1, involved in the invasions of Tarawa and Makin in the Marshall and Gilbert islands. He then served aboard the USS New Jersey in the Mariana and Palau islands campaign, battles of Philippine Sea and Leyte Gulf, the South China Sea, as well as Okinawa. He had detailed shipboard recollections of the December 1944 Typhoon Cobra (Halsey's Typhoon) that sank three destroyers and heavily damaged the 3rd fleet. By the end of the war, he had been honored with five bronze battle stars.
He was also preceded in death by parents and his brother, Don.
He proudly served his country in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He fought with the first joint Navy and Marine strikeforce, GROPAC 1, involved in the invasions of Tarawa and Makin in the Marshall and Gilbert islands. He then served aboard the USS New Jersey in the Mariana and Palau islands campaign, battles of Philippine Sea and Leyte Gulf, the South China Sea, as well as Okinawa. He had detailed shipboard recollections of the December 1944 Typhoon Cobra (Halsey's Typhoon) that sank three destroyers and heavily damaged the 3rd fleet. By the end of the war, he had been honored with five bronze battle stars.
Robert Lewis Chrisman, 87, was the son of Earl and Marese Greene Chrisman. He married Norma Garner on Dec. 24, 1946 in Colfax, Illinois. She passsed away in 2005.
He was also preceded in death by parents and his brother, Don.
He proudly served his country in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He fought with the first joint Navy and Marine strikeforce, GROPAC 1, involved in the invasions of Tarawa and Makin in the Marshall and Gilbert islands. He then served aboard the USS New Jersey in the Mariana and Palau islands campaign, battles of Philippine Sea and Leyte Gulf, the South China Sea, as well as Okinawa. He had detailed shipboard recollections of the December 1944 Typhoon Cobra (Halsey's Typhoon) that sank three destroyers and heavily damaged the 3rd fleet. By the end of the war, he had been honored with five bronze battle stars.
He was also preceded in death by parents and his brother, Don.
He proudly served his country in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He fought with the first joint Navy and Marine strikeforce, GROPAC 1, involved in the invasions of Tarawa and Makin in the Marshall and Gilbert islands. He then served aboard the USS New Jersey in the Mariana and Palau islands campaign, battles of Philippine Sea and Leyte Gulf, the South China Sea, as well as Okinawa. He had detailed shipboard recollections of the December 1944 Typhoon Cobra (Halsey's Typhoon) that sank three destroyers and heavily damaged the 3rd fleet. By the end of the war, he had been honored with five bronze battle stars.
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