Robert served as a Lieutenant, U.S. Navy during World War II.
He resided in Massachusetts prior to the war.
Robert was declared "Missing In Action" during the war.
He was awarded the Purple Heart and the Navy Specially Meritorious Medal.
Service # 0-058906
( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
Lt. Robert Johnson was held as a POW in the Philippine Islands. In December 1944, he was boarded onto the Oryoku Maru for transport to Japan. The ship sailed on December 13th and came under attack from American planes on December 14th. As evening approached, the attack was called off. The next day the planes returned and continued the attack. When the pilots saw the large number of men climbing from the ship’s holds, they realized the ship was carrying POWs and called off the attack. After the POWs were off the ship, the attack resumed and the ship was sunk by American planes at Subic Bay, Philippine Islands, on December 15, 1944. The surviving POWs were boarded onto the Enoura Maru which sailed on December 27th and reached Takao, Formosa, by the New Year. While docked it was bombed by American planes on January 9, 1945, killing many of the POWs. On January 12th, the dead were removed from the ship’s holds and buried in a mass grave on Formosa. The surviving POWs were boarded onto the Brazil Maru which sailed on January 13th. Johnson died on the ship before it reached Japan on January 29, 1945. His body was thrown into the sea.
He resided in Massachusetts prior to the war.
Robert was declared "Missing In Action" during the war.
He was awarded the Purple Heart and the Navy Specially Meritorious Medal.
Service # 0-058906
( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
Lt. Robert Johnson was held as a POW in the Philippine Islands. In December 1944, he was boarded onto the Oryoku Maru for transport to Japan. The ship sailed on December 13th and came under attack from American planes on December 14th. As evening approached, the attack was called off. The next day the planes returned and continued the attack. When the pilots saw the large number of men climbing from the ship’s holds, they realized the ship was carrying POWs and called off the attack. After the POWs were off the ship, the attack resumed and the ship was sunk by American planes at Subic Bay, Philippine Islands, on December 15, 1944. The surviving POWs were boarded onto the Enoura Maru which sailed on December 27th and reached Takao, Formosa, by the New Year. While docked it was bombed by American planes on January 9, 1945, killing many of the POWs. On January 12th, the dead were removed from the ship’s holds and buried in a mass grave on Formosa. The surviving POWs were boarded onto the Brazil Maru which sailed on January 13th. Johnson died on the ship before it reached Japan on January 29, 1945. His body was thrown into the sea.
Robert served as a Lieutenant, U.S. Navy during World War II.
He resided in Massachusetts prior to the war.
Robert was declared "Missing In Action" during the war.
He was awarded the Purple Heart and the Navy Specially Meritorious Medal.
Service # 0-058906
( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
Lt. Robert Johnson was held as a POW in the Philippine Islands. In December 1944, he was boarded onto the Oryoku Maru for transport to Japan. The ship sailed on December 13th and came under attack from American planes on December 14th. As evening approached, the attack was called off. The next day the planes returned and continued the attack. When the pilots saw the large number of men climbing from the ship’s holds, they realized the ship was carrying POWs and called off the attack. After the POWs were off the ship, the attack resumed and the ship was sunk by American planes at Subic Bay, Philippine Islands, on December 15, 1944. The surviving POWs were boarded onto the Enoura Maru which sailed on December 27th and reached Takao, Formosa, by the New Year. While docked it was bombed by American planes on January 9, 1945, killing many of the POWs. On January 12th, the dead were removed from the ship’s holds and buried in a mass grave on Formosa. The surviving POWs were boarded onto the Brazil Maru which sailed on January 13th. Johnson died on the ship before it reached Japan on January 29, 1945. His body was thrown into the sea.
He resided in Massachusetts prior to the war.
Robert was declared "Missing In Action" during the war.
He was awarded the Purple Heart and the Navy Specially Meritorious Medal.
Service # 0-058906
( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
Lt. Robert Johnson was held as a POW in the Philippine Islands. In December 1944, he was boarded onto the Oryoku Maru for transport to Japan. The ship sailed on December 13th and came under attack from American planes on December 14th. As evening approached, the attack was called off. The next day the planes returned and continued the attack. When the pilots saw the large number of men climbing from the ship’s holds, they realized the ship was carrying POWs and called off the attack. After the POWs were off the ship, the attack resumed and the ship was sunk by American planes at Subic Bay, Philippine Islands, on December 15, 1944. The surviving POWs were boarded onto the Enoura Maru which sailed on December 27th and reached Takao, Formosa, by the New Year. While docked it was bombed by American planes on January 9, 1945, killing many of the POWs. On January 12th, the dead were removed from the ship’s holds and buried in a mass grave on Formosa. The surviving POWs were boarded onto the Brazil Maru which sailed on January 13th. Johnson died on the ship before it reached Japan on January 29, 1945. His body was thrown into the sea.
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