Robert Baer, who will be 21 years of age on May 8, enlisted in the nary in October, 1940. Following the re gala r period of basic training at the Great Lakes naval training station, he was sent to San Diego, Calif., for a course in hospital work. He spent several months on Mare Island, San Francisco, before being sent to Ck-vite, Philippine Islands, in August. 1941. He was stationed at the naval base hospital at Cavite at the time of its bombing by the Japanese following Pearl Harbor.-V--