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Robert
Daniel
Johnston
POW (WWII)

Born:

, 

North Carolina

Robert Johnston graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1931. He retired as a U.S. Army Colonel.

Awards Received

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Lieutenant Colonel (Infantry)

    Division:

    Visayan Mindanao Force

    Action Date:

    1942
    United States Military Academy Register of Graduates

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant Colonel (Infantry) Robert Daniel Johnston, United States Army, was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as G-4, Visayan Mindanao Force, in the Philippine Islands, in 1942.

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Lieutenant Colonel (Infantry)

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Philippine Islands)

    Action Date:

    1942 – 1945

    Lieutenant Colonel (Infantry) Robert Daniel Johnston, United States Army, was captured by the Japanese after the fall the Philippine Islands in 1942, and was held as a Prisoner of War until his return to U.S. Military control at the end of hostilities in August 1945.