World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Robert Allen 'Bob' Dozier
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
El Reno, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE IN 1944, AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL. SERVED AS A SEABEE OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER DURING THE WAR. SEABEES WERE U.S. NAVY CONSTRUCTION TROOPS, SERVING IN NAVAL CONSTRUCTION BATTALIONS (C.B.), FROM WHICH THE NICKNAME WAS DERIVED. PARTICIPATED IN THE OKINAWA GUNTO OPERATION IN THE RYUKYU ISLANDS IN 1945. AWARDED THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1946, AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.