Robert Whitney Mason
| NAME: Robert Whitney Mason | NICKNAME: Peepsight | SERVICE NUMBER: 813732 | |||||
| HOME OF RECORD: 2038 Garfield Avenue, South Minneapolis, MN | NEXT OF KIN: Mother, Mrs. Hazel Mason | ||||||
| DATE OF BIRTH: 3/2/1923 | SERVICE DATES: 1/23/1943 – 1/4/1946 | DATE OF DEATH: 3/18/2021 | |||||
| CAMPAIGN | UNIT | MOS | RATE | RESULT | |||
| Roi-Namur | A/1/24 | 745 | PFC | ||||
| Saipan | A/1/24 | 746 | PFC | ||||
| Tinian | A/1/24 | 746 | PFC | WIA | |||
| Iwo Jima | A/1/24 | 746 | Corporal | ||||
| INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS: Bronze Star, Purple Heart | LAST KNOWN RANK: Sergeant | ||||||
"Mase" graduated from West High School in January, 1943. He played hockey and football, wrote for the school paper, and was photo editor for the "Hesperian" yearbook.
Mason's Selective Service registration.
The Minneapolis Star ran an account of Mason's experiences on Tinian on 9 January 1945.
Corporal "Peepsight" Mason with other A/1/24 survivors of Iwo Jima, March 1945.