Benjamin Franklin Cooke

BRANCH OF SERVICE
U.S. Navy

HOMETOWN
French Lick, IN

HONORED BY
Grateful American

ACTIVITY DURING WWII

ENLISTED 5 FEBRUARY 1944 AT LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY. REPORTED ABOARD THE USS LACKAWANNA AO-40, A KENNEBEC CLASS TYPE T2 FLEET OILER. ASSIGNED TO THE PACIFIC FLEET AS PART OF THE MARIANA ISLANDS OPERATION. ON 23 SEPTEMBER 1944 TRANSFERRED TO THE USS FERGUS APA-82, A GILLIAM CLASS ATTACK TRANSPORT ASSIGNED TO THE PACIFIC FLEET. RATING OF MACHINIST'S MATE THIRD CLASS PETTY OFFICER.