The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy and Marine Corps Medal to Motor Machinist’s Mate Second Class Robert Monroe Cox (NSN: 8696801), United States Navy, for heroism at the risk of life not involving conflict with an armed enemy while attached to U.S.S. Patrol Boat TWO HUNDRED SEVENTEEN (PT-217), during the advanced landings a the Anzio-Nettun area, Italy, on 18 February 1944.