World War II Honoree

Walter E. Cooper

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Mayetta, Kansas

Honored By

Gayle R. Davis

Relationship

Friend

SERVED IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC, BATTLES OF SAIPAN, TINIAN, OKINAWA AND THE INVASION OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS. ALSO SERVED TO OCCUPY HIROSHIMA, JAPAN AFTER THE ATOMIC BOMB WAS DROPPED, UNTIL THE ARMY TOOK OVER. DISCHARGED ON JANUARY 23, 1946. HE IS A FULL BLOODED NATIVE AMERICAN, BORN ON THE POTTAWATOMI INDIAN RESERVATION NEAR MAYETTA, KANSAS.