World War II Honoree

Willie L. Cook

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Sherman, Texas

Honored By

Noel Cook, Dorothy Moore, Margaret Blackwell, Beulah Patton, COL Scott E. Patton

Relationship

Family

STAFF SERGEANT, US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, 1942 TO 1945. SERVED IN COMPANY 'C', 359TH ENGINEER REGIMENT IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. CAMP CLAIBORNE, LOUISIANA, ENGLAND, FRANCE, BELGIUM AND WESTERN GERMANY. 359TH ENGINEER REGIMENT WAS PART OF NORMANDY INVASION FORCE (OMAHA BEACH) DURING THE PERIOD D+3 TO LATE JULY 1944. 359TH ENGINEER REGIMENT MISSION: SUPPLY PETROLEUM, OIL, AND LUBRICANTS TO ADVANCING ALLIED FORCES. BUILT, MAINTAINED, AND SECURED HUNDREDS OF MILES OF PETROLEUM PIPELINES AS PART OF THE MILITARY PIPELINE GROUP. REGIMENT AWARDED THREE BATTLE STARS FOR EUROPEAN CAMPAIGN. KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE 1945.