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REWOLINSKI, Robert John, Sr. (Bob), PO2.
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Home Town Milwaukee
Last Address Interment was in Hillside Cemetery, Columbus WI, with full military honors by VFW Post 8090.
Date of Passing Mar 07, 2014
Location of Interment Hillside Cemetery - Columbus, Wisconsin
Bob Rewolinksi graduated from Pulaski High School in Milwaukee and entered the Lutheran Hospital School of Nursing in 1965. After being drafted, he chose instead to enlist in the US Navy and became a hospital corpsman. After basic training in Illinois, he was stationed in Norfolk and Orlando and then served in Vietnam from 1969-1970. While there, he served at the naval hospital in Da Nang, and as a field corpsman in the DMZ. Upon honorable discharge in 1970, Bob re-entered nursing school at Milwaukee Technical College. After completing his RN, he went on to the Milwaukee County School of Anesthesia and became a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist. He worked at St. Josephâ??s Hospital in Mankato, MN before settling in the Beaver Dam/Columbus WI area. Over the years, he was employed by both Columbus and Beaver Dam hospitals. In August of 1998, he was involved in a catastrophic vehicle accident which left him permanently disabled.Â
Description This Campaign period was from 1 May to 30 June 1970. The allied push into Cambodia during the spring of 1970 brought the SEALORDS forces into a unique operational environment. At 0730 local time on 9 May, 10 days after ground troops crossed the border, a combined Vietnamese-American naval task force steamed up the Mekong River to wrest control of that key waterway from North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces.
The flotilla, led by a Vietnamese naval officer, was composed of American PCFs, ASPBs, PBRs, HAL-3 and VAL-4 aircraft, Benewah, Askari, Hunterdon County, YRBM 16, YRBM 21 and 10 strike assault boats (STAB) of Strike Assault Boat Squadron 20, a fast-reaction unit created by Admiral Zumwalt in 1969. The Vietnamese contingent included riverine assault craft of many types, PCFs, PBRs, and marine battalions.
Naval Advisory Group personnel sailed with each Vietnamese vessel. By the end of the first day, Vietnamese naval units reached the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, while to the south the combined force stormed enemy-held Neak Luong, a strategic ferry crossing point on the river. For political reasons, no U.S. personnel were allowed past Neak Luong, midway to Phnom Penh.
Although the American component pulled out of Cambodia by 29 June, the Vietnamese continued to guard the Mekong and evacuate to South Vietnam over 82,000 ethnic Vietnamese jeopardized by the conflict.
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year
May / 1970
To Month/Year
June / 1970
Last Updated: Dec 22, 2023
Personal Memories
Memories Bob Rewolinksi graduated from Pulaski High School in Milwaukee and entered the Lutheran Hospital School of Nursing in 1965. After being drafted, he chose instead to enlist in the US Navy and became a hospital corpsman. After basic training in Illinois, he was stationed in Norfolk and Orlando and then served in Vietnam from 1969-1970. While there, he served at the naval hospital in Da Nang, and as a field corpsman in the DMZ. Upon honorable discharge in 1970, Bob re-entered nursing school at Milwaukee Technical College. After completing his RN, he went on to the Milwaukee County School of Anesthesia and became a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist. He worked at St. Joseph?s Hospital in Mankato, MN before settling in the Beaver Dam/Columbus WI area. Over the years, he was employed by both Columbus and Beaver Dam hospitals. In August of 1998, he was involved in a catastrophic vehicle accident which left him permanently disabled.
