LIEUTENANT JAMES E ROBINSON T-AK 274
Ship Name and Designation History
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Keel Laid November 25 1943 as "SS CZECHOSLOVAKIA VICTORY" Launched January 20 1944 Owned by the Maritime Commission but delivered to American-Hawaiian Steamship Corp., March 11 1944 for operation under contract to the WSA Chartered to Black Diamond Steamship Corp. August 8 1946 Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet November 17 1947 Withdrawn from reserve and loaned to the War Department May 3 1948 |
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- Covers Page 1 (1964)
Postmarks
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1964-07-30 |
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R/S cachet for the 1964 Arctic Operations
Other Information
USNS LT. JAMES E. ROBINSON earned the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal (w/ 1 Campaign star) and the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal during her Naval career.
NAMESAKE - First Lieutenant James E. Robinson, Jr.,USA (July 10 1918 – April 6 1945)
Robinson was born In Toledo, Ohio, and was serving as first lieutenant in the U.S. Army near Untergriesheim, Germany, on April 6 1945. Eight hours of desperate fighting over open terrain had decimated Lieutenant Robinson’s company, robbing it of its commanding officer and most key enlisted personnel, when he rallied the remaining 23 riflemen and led them in a charge against the objective. Ten German infantrymen in foxholes threatened to stop the assault, but the gallant leader killed them all at point-blank range. He then pressed on with his men and cleared the area. Ordered then to take the defended town of Kressbach, he went to each of the 19 exhausted survivors, instilling in them renewed courage and fortitude, before leading them forward once more. In the advance he was seriously wounded in the neck by a shell fragment. Refusing medical attention, Lieutenant Robinson continued the attack and directed supporting artillery fire, even though mortally wounded. Only after victory was attained did he leave the command and walk nearly 2 miles to an aid station where he died from his wound. For his intrepid leadership, devotion to duty, and the supreme sacrifice, Lieutenant Robinson was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor on December 11 1945. {DANFS}
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