DICKINSON-ROBERT

"I WENT INTO THE SERVICE... A BOY AND CAME OUT A MAN." PROCLAIMS SUBMARINE SAILOR BOB DICKINSON, GMC(SS).

"THANK GOODNESS FOR BOAT REUNIONS, BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE WE CAN GO TO TALK ABOUT IT." SUBMARINERS COMPRISE A VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE NAVY AND REALIZE THEY ARE THE ONLY ONES TO REALLY UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER.

DURING WORLD WAR II, BOB SURVIVED 4 SUCCESSFUL WAR PATROLS ONBOARD THE USS QUEENFISH (SS-393) SINKING OVER 45000 TONS OF ENEMY SHIPPING AND PERSONALLY SINKING 2 ENEMY SHIPS USING THE USS QUEENFISH’S 4 INCH DECK GUN.

AS PEOPLE SHAKING BOB'S HAND AND THANKING HIM FOR HIS SERVICE, NOWADAYS ARE THOSE WHO HAD PARENTS IN THE WAR, OR WHO HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS NOW IN THE SERVICE. "NO ONE KNOWS WHAT WE ... DID," HE CONCLUDES.

ROBERT (BOB) DICKINSON WAS A MAN OF QUIET STRENGTH, A MEMBER OF A TRULY REMARKABLE GENERATION, THE WORLD WAR II VETERANS, AND SPECIFICALLY, A PROUD MEMBER OF THE "SILENT SERVICE," THE U.S. NAVY'S SUBMARINE FORCE. HE EMBODIED THE SPIRIT OF THE SILENT SERVICE, PERFORMING HIS DUTY WITH IMMENSE SKILL AND COURAGE, OFTEN IN THE FACE OF INCREDIBLE DANGER ESPECIALLY WHILE SERVING ONBOARD THE USS QUEENSFISH SS-393.

BOB, YOU STAND RELIEVED, REST YOUR OAR. REST IN PEACE. YOU STOOD YOUR WATCH WELL.   FAIR WINDS, TRAVEL WELL, WE HAVE THE WATCH. “FAIR WINDS AND FOLLOWING SEAS”  RIP BRAVE SOUL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY. A TRUE HERO HAS ENTERED INTO HEAVEN.