World War II Honoree

H. Dale Cook

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Guthrie, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENLISTED IN U.S. ARMY SERVICE IN 1943 AT AGE 18. SELECTED FOR PILOT TRAINING AND UPON GRADUATION FROM FLYING SCHOOL, WAS AWARDED HIS SILVER PILOT WINGS AND COMMISSIONED AS A SECOND LIEUTENANT IN THE ARMY AIR FORCES. SERVED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER DURING THE WAR WHERE HE TRAINED FIGHTER PILOTS. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. SERVED ON ACTIVE DUTY UNTIL OCTOBER, 1945 AND THEN CONTINUED IN U.S. AIR FORCE RESERVE SERVICE AFTER THE WAR UNTIL HONORABLY DISCHARGED. ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.