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(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Master Chief Torpedoman’s Mate Robert Carlton Sheats (NSN: 3682998), United States Navy, was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Team Leader of an aquanaut team during Project SEALAB II, from 28 August 1965 to 13 October 1965.

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Torpedoman First Class

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Philippine Islands & Japan)

    Action Date:

    May 6, 1942 – 1945
    NARA Database: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 – 1947

    Torpedoman First Class Robert Carlton Sheats (NSN: 3682998), United States Navy, a former crewman of the U.S.S. CANOPUS (AS-9), was captured by the Japanese after the fall of Corregidor, Philippine Islands, on 6 May 1942, and was held as a Prisoner of War until returned to U.S. Military control at the end of hostilities in 1945.