Obituary: Maj. Robert Philip Rousseau
HOLLIS - Retired Army Maj. Robert Philip Rousseau, 86, of Hollis and Tavares, Fla. (where Bob and his wife spent many .
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Maj. Robert Philip Rousseau
HOLLIS – Retired Army Maj. Robert Philip Rousseau, 86, of Hollis and Tavares, Fla. (where Bob and his wife spent many winters and loved them), lost his courageous battled against an aggressive form of small cell lung cancer on June 28, 2021 at his home with his loving wife by his side.
Bob was born in Athol, Mass. on March 12, 1935. He later moved to Sanford and attended school there.
He enlisted in the United State Army when he was 17, and he attended Airborne School in Georgia where he was presented his Airborne Wings. His first tour while in the army was to Japan but while he was there his orders were changed and he was sent to Korea. After he finished his time there he was sent back to Japan. At the age of 19 he was promoted to Staff Sergeant 1st Class, the youngest recruit in the