World War II Honoree

Robert Jerald Cox

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Shelley, Idaho

Honored By

Susan C. Shumway

Relationship

daughter

ACTIVE SERVICE FROM JANUARY 1944 TO MARCH 1946 INCLUDING 2 YEARS OVERSEAS. TRAINED AT CAMP CROFT, SOUTH CAROLINA AND FORT ORD, CALIFORNIA. SHIPPED OUT FROM FORT LEWIS, WASHINGTON IN APRIL 1944 ON THE NEW TROUP SHIP 'H.S. STURGES' WITH 5000 SERVICEMEN ABOARD. ASSIGNED TO STENO SCHOOL AT THE PENTAGON BUILDING AT FORT SHAFTER, OAHU, HAWAII. TRANSPORTATION OFFICER IN THE PACIFIC. CITATIONS GIVEN INCLUDE: VICTORY MEDAL, ASIATIC PACIFIC SERVICE MEDAL, MERITORIOUS UNIT AWARD, AND GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL. RELEASED FROM SERVICE 17 MARCH, 1946.