Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Fredericksburg, Virginia
Honored By
PLD
SERGEANT. SQUADRON COOK, ATTACHED TO A 15TH ARMY AIR FORCE, B-24 LIBERATOR GROUP, ITALY. ENTERED THE SERVICE IN SEPTEMBER 1942 AND TOOK BASIC TRAINING AT KEESLER FIELD, MISSISSIPPI. HE WAS SENT TO SHEPHERD FIELD, TEXAS FOR ADVANCED TRAINING. IN OCTOBER 1943 HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 15TH ARMY AIR FORCE AT THE ALAMOGORDO, NEW MEXICO.