Robert R. McCullough, CWO W4, born Aug. 13, 1919, Saguache, CO.
Enlisted in the USN in October 1937 at Redding, CA. His first
assignment was aboard the USS Northampton, 1938-40; and he was aboard
the USS Medusa on Dec. 7, 1941, tied to a buoy near Pearl City during
the Japanese attack. That night he was issued a rifle and ordered to stand guard of
supplies on the dock at Pearl City in his white uniform, as the US Army
had orders to shoot any one out at night not in whites. Reported aboard the USS West Virginia in 1944 upon being appointed
pay clerk and served aboard her until the end of the war. He retired
Aug. 1, 1960, from the USN. He and his wife, Virginia, have a son,
Michael, and a daughter, Michele. He has all the usual medals. He was
assistant planning director for the county of Shasta, 1961-70, and
planning director of Tehama County, 1971 until retiring in 1981.
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