WW2 Fallen - Joseph Robinson, 9th Infantry Division + Nobel Prize Winner

Sgt. Joseph Robinson served in the 9th Infantry Division on the first day of the war in North Africa.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125216838/joseph-evans-robinson
https://www.notorious-ninth.com 

Joseph Evans Robinson never had a chance to reach 100 years old today. Instead, he sacrificed his life for our freedom.

He was born on December 9, 1919 in Michigan. His parents James and Margaret were born in Maryland and Ohio, respectively. His father worked as a farmer. Joseph had four older sisters and five older brothers. 

He volunteered for the army in September 1942. He became a sergeant in Company G, 2nd Battalion, 60th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division. The 60th IR began combat operations during Operation Torch, spearheading the November 1942 Allied invasion of North Africa. 

Sgt. Robinson was killed in action on November 8, 1942, the very first day of combat in World War 2 for the 60th IR. The enemy was Vichy French soldiers, not Germans.

His grave is at Warren Township Cemetery in Coleman, Michigan.

Thank you Sgt. Robinson for your sacrifice. Let's Earn It for Joseph.

WILLIAM LIPSCOMB
Future Nobel Prize winner William Lipscomb was born on the same day as Joseph Robinson. Lipscomb was born in Ohio and grew up in Kentucky. He had an early interest in science and graduated from the University of Kentucky in 1941 with a degree in Chemistry.

During the war Lipscomb did war related research for the National Defense Research Council at CalTech. This involved hands-on chemical warfare work that sometime necessitated handling volatile vials of nitroglycerin.

http://wlipscomb.tripod.com/wnl_eulogy.html

During his career as a chemist, Lipscomb contributed to our knowledge of nuclear magnetic resonance and the chemical shift, plus boron chemistry and the nature of the chemical bond. He also worked on large biological molecule structure and function. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1976.

He died in 2011.

Last year on this date I profiled Saipan Bronze Star hero Jack Shelly, 2nd Marine Division. You can read about Jack here.

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