World War II Honoree

Warren B. Cooke

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Honored By

OAMC, ROTC Class of 1943

SERVED IN THE ARMY RESERVE OFFICER TRAINING CORPS AT OKLAHOMA A&M COLLEGE AT STILLWATER, OKLAHOMA FROM SEPTEMBER 1940 TO APRIL 5, 1943. SIMULTANEOUSLY SERVED AS A PRIVATE IN THE ENLISTED RESERVE CORPS WITH THE 1875TH SERVICE UNIT FROM JULY 1942 TO APRIL 5, 1943. INDUCTED AND CALLED TO ACTIVE DUTY ON APRIL 6, 1943. REPORTED TO THE RECEPTION CENTER, FORT SILL, LAWTON, OKLAHOMA ON APRIL 12, 1943. ASSIGNED TO OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL AT FORT BELVOIR, VIRGINIA DURING THE PERIOD JUNE TO SEPTEMBER 1943. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN SEPTEMBER 1943 WITH THE RANK OF CORPORAL TO ACCEPT AN APPOINTMENT AS AN OFFICER. GRADUATED AND COMMISSIONED A SECOND LIEUTENANT IN THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS IN SEPTEMBER 1943. SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER, AND THEN IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER STATIONED IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH BRONZE SERVICE STAR, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH BRONZE SERVICE STAR, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AND PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED WITH THE RANK OF CAPTAIN AT SEPARATION CENTER, FORT SAM HOUSTON, TEXAS IN SEPTEMBER 1946. ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.