World War II Honoree

Robert P. Wilcox, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Little Rock, Arkansas

Honored By

Mr. H. Charles Wilcox

Relationship

Son

ENLISTED IN THE U.S. NAVY RESERVE AT AGE EIGHTEEN ON NOVEMBER 22, 1944 IN LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS. RECEIVED BASIC TRAINING AT THE NAVY TRAINING CENTER IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. MAY TO JULY 1945, HE ATTENDED CLASS P BASIC ENGINEERING SCHOOL IN GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI. ON OCTOBER 1, 1945, HE WAS ASSIGNED TO U.S. FLEET ACTIVITIES, NAVY 3923. TRANSPORTED ON THE USS ONEIDA APA-221 TO YOKOSUKA, JAPAN, WHERE HE SERVED IN THE OCCUPATION FORCES OF JAPAN. HIS DUTIES IN JAPAN INCLUDED DRIVING AND MAINTAINING MILITARY TRANSPORT TRUCKS. IN MAY 1946, HE WAS TRANSPORTED ON THE USS ONEIDA TO THE U.S. WEST COAST. ON MAY 25, 1946 IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM THE NAVY AND HE RETURNED TO LITTLE ROCK.