World War II Honoree

Harold Dixon Fox

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

White Plains, New York

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

JOINED THE U.S. MARINE CORPS IN 1943 AND ATTENDED THE NAVY COLLEGE TRAINING PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER IN NEW YORK. LATER IN 1943, ENTERED THE NAVY OFFICER TRAINING PROGRAM AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY AND WAS COMMISSIONED AS AN ENSIGN IN AUGUST, 1944. SERVED IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER ABOARD THE DESTROYER ESCORT USS MACK (DE-358). HIS SHIP SAILED FROM NORFOLK, VIRGINIA ON OCTOBER 21, 1944 FOR THE PANAMA CANAL EN ROUTE THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER. IT JOINED THE 7TH FLEET AND ESCORTED CONVOYS BETWEEN HOLLANDIA, NEW GUINEA, KOSSOL ROADS, THE PALAU ISLANDS, AND LEYTE IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS UNTIL MARCH, 1945. ON MARCH 2, 1945, BEGAN ANTI-SUBMARINE PATROLS OFF THE PHILIPPINES IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA. THEN RETURNED TO ESCORT DUTY UNTIL THE END OF HOSTILITIES, OPERATING PRIMARILY OUT OF THE PHILIPPINES. AFTER THE END OF HOSTILITIES, ENGAGED IN AIR-SEA RESCUE PATROLS, TRAINING EXERCISES OFF THE CHINA COAST, AND MADE PORT CALLS TO SHANGHAI AND TAKU, CHINA. ALSO PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION ‘MAGIC CARPET.’ THIS WAS THE CODE NAME FOR THE RAPID RETURN OF SERVICE PERSONNEL BY WARSHIPS AND TRANSPORT VESSELS FROM THEATER TO THE U.S.A. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. ALSO AWARDED THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL FOR SERVICE IN THE LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINES. HONORABLY DISCHARGED WITH THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT JUNIOR GRADE AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.