by: Bob Quinn - 3 part series.
Introduction
Part 1
Bob Quinn's Naval ServiceIntroduction
Part 2
Guam RememberedIntroduction
Part 3
Guam Remebered-3
Introduction to Bob Quinn's Naval Service
By: Staff
Part l
Offisland.com is proud to present this, the first in a three-part series of Robert Neal Quinn's account of the horrors and intermittent gaiety experienced on World War II-ravaged Guam.
A brief profile of Bob Quinn's Naval Service can be found in the aptly entitled, America's Youngest Warriors--a compilation of "stories about young men and women who served in the armed forces before attaining legal age." It is Printed by KK Stevens Publishing Company; Astoria, Illinois or the Library of Congress, catalog card number 96-61959 ISPN 0-9656093-0-8.
A runaway at the age of 14, Bob joined the Navy in 1943 when he was 16. Our Feature story is taken from excerpts of Bob Quinn's self published autobiography titled Beyond the Looking Glass. It describes Quinn's Naval Services during World War II and his later assignment to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Upon Bob's discharge from the navy in 1952, he joined the IBM Corporation. After 31 years with IBM, he reitred in1983 in the resort area of April Sound located in Montgomery, Texas with his wife, Joanne.
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The article begins as Bob's ship was leaving Saipan. The Japanese fleet was approaching the area, prompting the convoy of attack transports to leave for Eniwetok, in the Marshall Islands, for refuge before returning to the Marianas.
Bob Quinn's Naval Service
By: Bob Quinn
Part 1 of a Three Part Series.Introduction to Guam Remembered
by: Bob Quinn
Part 2 of 3 part series