Elmer Harold Cook

BRANCH OF SERVICE
U.S. Marine Corps

HOMETOWN
Paoli, IN

HONORED BY
Grateful American

ACTIVITY DURING WWII

ENLISTED ON 5 SEPTEMBER 1940 AT ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. RECRUIT TRAINING WITH THE SECOND RECRUIT BATTALION SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. DECEMBER 1941 ASSIGNED TO THE SECOND GUARD COMPANY GUARD BATTALION SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. OCTOBER 1942 ASSIGNED TO THE SERVICE COMPANY MARINE BARRACK PEARL HARBOR. JULY 1944 ASSIGNED TO ENGINEERING BATTALION CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA. OCTOBER 1945 ASSIGNED TO COMPANY A 1ST ENGINEERING BATTALION, FLEET MARINE FORCE 1ST MARINE AIR WING. 1946 ASSIGNED TO ENGINEERING SCHOOL BATTALION CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA. DISCHARGED 13 OCTOBER 1947. RANK: TECHNICAL SERGEANT 059 CONSTRUCTION CHIEF (ENGINEERING).