World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Robert E. Cook
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Chicago, Illinois
Honored By
Robert Cook
Relationship
Self
HE WAS STATIONED AT HICKHAM FIELD WHEN JAPAN ATTACKED PEARL HARBOR. HE THEN SERVED IN THE PACIFIC THEATRES OF OPERATION IN THE CHINA-BURMA-INDIA AREA WHERE HE FLEW 62 MISSION IN A B-24 BOMBER. HE WAS AWARDED THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS, AIR MEDAL AND THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATRE RIBBON WITH 2 BATTLE STARS.