Samuel Booker Roberts, Jr. (12 May 1921 - 27 September 1942) was a U.S. Navy coxswain who was killed in the Battle of Guadalcanal, and became the namesake of three U.S. Navy warships. Roberts was born in San Francisco, California, on May 12, 1921. He enlisted in the U.S. Naval Reserve in 1939 and was called to active duty in 1940. Roberts served aboard the USS "California" (BB-44) and the transport USS "Heywood" (AP-12), … Wikipedia
A good-looking kid with a cockeyed smile, Roberts Jr. enlisted in the Navy Reserve in 1939 in Portland, Oregon, was called up the following year, and was trained as a coxswain: a master of small boats. www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/pic-coxswainroberts.shtml
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