World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Harold Eugene Cooper
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Atlanta Township, Illinois
Honored By
His Family
ACTIVE DUTY 1940-1946. DECEMBER 7, 1941, PEARL HARBOR USS NEVADA. TRANSFERRED TO USS INDIANAPOLIS FOR ONE YEAR, PARTICIPATING IN BATTLES OF BOUGAINVILLE AND SALAMAUA. ATTENDED LANDING CRAFT SCHOOL IN SAN DIEGO AND THEN ASSIGNED TO USS ZEILIN AND PARTICIPATED IN RE-OCCUPATION OF JAPANESE-HELD ATTU AND KISKA ISLANDS, ALASKA IN 1943. SHORE DUTY IN MORRO BAY, CALIFORNIA BEFORE TRANSFER TO USS BOWDITCH TO OBSERVE ATOMIC BOMB TESTS AT BIKINI ISLANDS, PACIFIC, 1946.