World War II Honoree

Ted Cook

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Boone, North Carolina

Honored By

Teresa Kay Cook Keller & Timothy Edward Cook

Relationship

Daughter & Son

SERVED FROM NOVEMBER 1944 TO WAR’S END IN FRANCE, BELGIUM, LUXEMBOURG AND GERMANY UNDER COMMAND OF GENERAL GEORGE PATTON’S 3RD ARMY, COMPANY I, WEAPONS PLATOON, 304TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 76TH INFANTRY DIVISION AS A 60mm MORTAR GUNNER. MEDALS INCLUDE COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, BRONZE STAR, GOOD CONDUCT, WWII VICTORY, ARMY OF OCCUPATION (GERMANY), AND EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS WITH 3 BATTLE STARS (FOR BATTLE OF THE BULGE, BATTLE OF THE RHINELAND AND BATTLE OF CENTRAL EUROPE). AFTER THE 76th INFANTRY DEACTIVATED HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE 3rd ARMY 43rd CAVALRY RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON (PRESIDENTIAL AREA GUARD IN FT. MEADE, MARYLAND). AS A SERGEANT, HE RE-ENLISTED FOR 1 YEAR AS A CAR COMMANDER OVER 3 ARMORED CARS.