World War II Honoree

Robert G. Dox

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Schenectady, New York

Honored By

Michael Lynett

Proudly served his country in the U.S. Navy and U.S. Army and was honorably discharged. During WWII he was assigned to the Naval Armed Guard. He was a member of gun crews that protected civilian merchant ships in the Atlantic and Pacific theaters throughout the war. The SS Tivives was in convoy MKS 28 on 21 October 1943 and about 15 miles off Cape Ténès, Algeria, when the convoy came under attack by German aircraft strafing and torpedoing Tivives which quickly sank with the loss of one of the 48 man civilian crew and one of the 25 man Naval Armed Guard. He received a commendation for his bravery.