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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 56" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Black </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Robert Armstrong,Jr </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>U.S.N.R. UDT-10 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Quartermaster First Class </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>8114404 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>5th April 1945 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>34</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Manila American Cemetery, Philippines Tablets of the Missing </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>from Ridgewood, New Jersey</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 13.1.1911 Jersey City, New Jersey</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>award Silver Star</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>OSS swimmer</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>POW Yap 19.8.1944 (USS Burrfish)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>last heard of 2.9.1944 Palau on ship bound for Manila </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/r-black.35959/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/35/35959-66d93c83918df74f6890a05d41d1c6a6.jpg?1632839944" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/r-black.4205/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/4/4205-6f344f134616a2e4800d434ea2335236.jpg?1591383960" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">Robert Black was a member of a UDT team that, embarked in U.S.S. Burrfish (SS-312), made a reconnaissance of the beaches at Palau and Yap in 1944 to prepare for the invasion. Going ashore in rubber rafts, it marked the first time Navy special forces such as these specially trained swimmers were deployed from a submarine. He and two comrades were captured on August 20, 1944. It is believed all three men were executed while in captivity.</span></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
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