Veteran of Pearl Harbor and D-day

Robert E. Reynolds of Mason City, IA

  

 

 

Bob Reynolds was 18 when the Japanese bombed his ship at Pearl Harbor.

He was 21 when he landed, against heavy German resistance, at Omaha Beach on D-day.

Thousands died at both places.  Bob saw it all.  See his remarkable journey here!        Click on links below....

1 - 1941 - Enlistment & School

2 - 1941 - USS Rigel & Pearl Harbor

3 - 1941 - Pearl Harbor Attack

4 - 1941 - Pearl Harbor Aftermath

5 - 1942 - Higgins Boat School & Camp Bradford (Littlecreek)

6 - 1943 - Fort Pierce, FL - 6th Naval Beach Battalion

7 - 1944 - Transit to England - Preparation for D-day

8 - 1944 - D-day Invasion June 6th - USS Dorthea Dix

9 - 1944 - D-day ends - Aftermath - Salvage Group 4

10 - 1944 - Omaha Beach, Bremerhaven, Return Home

11 - 1945 - USS Eldorado , Separation, Discharge

12 - Later Life

13 - Navy Timeline

Actual insignias worn on Bob's uniform

                     

 

Relevant Links:

USS Rigel - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Rigel_(AD-13)

USS Rigel - http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/03/0313.htm

Photos from Pearl Harbor Attack - http://www.ss346.com/PearlHarbor.htm

Battle Report USS Rigel - http://www.history.navy.mil/docs/wwii/pearl/ph78.htm

Battle Report USS New Orleans - http://www.history.navy.mil/docs/wwii/pearl/ph60.htm

Camp Bradford (Littlecreek) VA - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Amphibious_Base_Little_Creek

6th Naval Beach Battalion - http://www.6thbeachbattalion.org/

USS Eldorado - http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/01/0111.htm

USS Eldorado - http://usseldorado.com/untitled10.html

USS Eldorado - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Eldorado_(AGC-11)

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Thanks to these folks who were most helpful as I researched this history:

USS Rigel: Bo Bochansky, Leonard Anderson, Vernon "Bud" Mulvaney

6th Naval Beach Battalion History: Ken Davey & Jan Herman

6th NBB Veterans: Tom (Diane) Braber, Al Prodigo, Howard Hanson, Red Onines

USS Eldorado: Curtis Booher

Bob's Family: Lois Reynolds, Laurie Sherwood

Moral Support:  Jason House

Please direct any questions or comments to: tbartlett2@hotmail.com

 

 

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