Robert W. Aho
Era: World War II
Military Branch: Navy
Robert W. Aho entered the Navy in September 1943. He was an electricians mate 2nd class and movie operator. He served aboard the Destroyer-Escort USS Stewart (DE 238) on two convoy escort trips to Italy and two to Scotland. He was injured in November 1944 in a hurricane. He was assigned to the crew of the newly commissioned Destroyer U.S.S. Duncan (DD 874), which served in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater as radar picket ship and as escort to aircraft carriers U.S.S. Boxer and and USS Antietam until the war ended. He later served with the U.S.S. Boxer, destroying floating mines in the Yellow Sea near China. He was hospitalized on Guam with head injury and shipped to San Leandro, Calif., naval hospital. He was discharged in May 1946.
