World War II Honoree

Joseph Dickson Cobb

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Naples, Texas

Honored By

American Legion Post 92 & Douglas M. Alford, USN

SWORN INTO THE NAVAL SERVICE ON OCTOBER 13, 1943. AFTER RECEIVING HIS BASIC TRAINING, HE RECEIVED ADVANCED BOAT HANDLING TRAINING AS NECESSARY FOR HIS RATE AT THE NAVAL TRAINING STATION, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. AFTER ADVANCED TRAINING, HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE USS ALMAACK (AK-27), A COMBAT FREIGHT SHIP AND SAW COMBAT IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AREA. HIS DUTY WAS TO DELIVER COMBAT MATERIALS TO THE FORWARD FORCES IN THE AREA. HIS DUTY AS A COXSWAIN WAS TO MAN THE SMALL BOATS TO FERRY THE GOODS TO AND FROM THE SHORE. AFTER THE SURRENDER OF JAPAN IN AUGUST 1945, HE WAS TRANSFERRED BACK TO THE UNITED STATES AND WAS RELEASED FROM ACTIVE DUTY AT NORMAN, OKLAHOMA IN MARCH 1946. HE COMPLETED HIS DUTIES WITHOUT ANY SERIOUS INJURIES. DURING HIS TOUR HE RECEIVED THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 6 STARS, PHILIPPINES LIBERATION CAMPAIGN RIBBON WITH 2 STARS, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AND HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL BUTTON.