World War II Honoree

Glenn M. Cook

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Canton, Illinois

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE IN 1943. TRAINED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AT CAMP PEARY AT WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA; AND THE NAVAL CONSTRUCTION TRAINING CENTER AT CAMP ENDICOTT AT DAVISVILLE, RHODE ISLAND. SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE SEABEES OVERSEAS IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER DURING THE WAR, INCLUDING IN ENGLAND, AND FRANCE IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO). PARTICIPATED IN COMBAT OPERATIONS AT THE NORMANDY BEACHHEAD DURING THE D-DAY INVASION OF FRANCE IN JUNE, 1944. ALSO SERVED IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. AWARDED THE COMBAT ACTION RIBBON, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. ALSO AWARDED THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL FOR SERVICE IN THE LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINES. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1945 WITH THE RATING OF CHIEF CARPENTER'S MATE AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.