(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Captain (MC) Robert G. Davis (NSN: 0-7497), 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 Medical Officer in Command of the U.S. Naval Hospital and U.S. Naval Medical Supply Depot, Canacao, Philippine Islands, and as District Medical Officer, from December 1941 to May 1942.
Sponsored by:
Robert
G.
Davis
POW (WWII)
Home:
Indianola
,
Iowa
Awards Received
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Legion of Merit
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Prisoner of War Medal
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Legion of Merit
Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 355 (October 1946) -
Prisoner of War Medal
Service:
United States NavyRank:
Captain (MC)Division:
Prisoner of War (Manchuria)Action Date:
May 6, 1942 – September 1945
NARA Database: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 – 1947Captain (MC) Robert G. Davis (NSN: 0-7497), United States Navy, 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.