World War II Honoree

Robert Dale 'Bob' Grubb, M.D.

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Bloomington, Illinois

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ATTENDED NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS AND THEN ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE. SERVED IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER AS A PHYSICIAN ABOARD THE ATTACK TRANSPORT SHIP USS CLARENDON (APA-72). HIS SHIP SAILED FROM SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA ON FEBRUARY 6, 1945 TO JOIN AMPHIBIOUS EXERCISES IN THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. PERFORMED CONVOY ESCORT DUTIES FROM ULITHI IN THE CAROLINE ISLANDS TO SAIPAN IN THE MARIANA ISLANDS IN LATE MARCH, 1945. THE SHIP THEN CARRIED COMBAT CARGO TO OKINAWA IN THE RYUKYU ISLANDS AND UNLOADED FROM APRIL 26-30, 1945. ON APRIL 28, 1945, HIS SHIP WAS ATTACKED BY JAPANESE AIRCRAFT BUT THE ENEMY WAS DRIVEN AWAY BY THE SHIP'S ANTIAIRCRAFT FIRE. BEGINNING ON MAY 22, 1945, MADE 3 VOYAGES BETWEEN WEST COAST PORTS AND PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII. AFTER THE WAR, THE SHIP CARRIED TROOPS FOR THE OCCUPATION OF JAPAN, REDEPLOYED FORCES FROM CHINA AND TRANSPORTED HOMEWARD-BOUND SERVICE PERSONNEL FROM THEATER TO THE UNITED STATES AS PART OF OPERATION 'MAGIC CARPET.' HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.