World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Robert Preston Cook
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Cache, Comanche County, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL, SERVED WITH THE CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS (CCC), A U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAM TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT. MOVED TO DALLAS, TEXAS AND BECAME A SUPERVISOR AND FOREMAN WITH NORTH AMERICAN AVIATION, ENGAGED IN BUILDING P-51 'MUSTANG' FIGHTER AIRCRAFT DURING THE WAR. ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE AND AFTER TRAINING IN THE AMERICAN THEATER, SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER, IN THE CHINA-BURMA-INDIA (CBI) AREA. AWARDED THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.