Captain william robinson biography

Bill Robinson was born in in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina. He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force on November 22, , and was trained as a helicopter maintenance technician at Sheppard AFB, Texas.

His first assignment was as an H Chickasaw crew chief at Altus AFB, Oklahoma, from June to September , followed by service as an H crew chief with the th Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Osan AB, South Korea, from September to November A1C Robinson next served as an HH Huskie crew chief with the 3rd Air Rescue Squadron at Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota, from December to April , and then deployed to Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai AFB, Thailand, with the 38th Air Rescue Squadron from April until his helicopter crashed during a rescue mission over North Vietnam and he was captured and taken as a Prisoner of War on September 20, During his time as a POW, SSgt Robinson, along with 2 other enlisted POWs, was granted a battlefield commission in as a 2d Lt in the U.S.

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