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* Born 2 April 1918. | |||
* 1936 — 1940 Graduate of Michigan State (AB, Economics). Served with ROTC. | |||
* 23 November 1943 — The Battalion embarked on the HMS Queen Elizabeth to Scotland. | |||
* 28 October 1943 — Released from Camp Ritchie. Assigned to 2nd Ranger Battalion, Fort Dix NJ (S.O.259 refers to Cook only). | |||
* HARVEY J. COOK 2 Ranger Bn (HQ - Intelligence Officer) Captain (ASN: 0393475) Silver Star; Bronze Star with V device (x2) Normandy 1944 (SS) Belgium 1944-45 (BS x 2). | |||
* Captain Cook served as S-2 (Intelligence) with the 2nd Ranger Battalion. On D-Day, he scaled the cliffs at Pointe du Hoc for which he was awarded the Silver Star, the citation for which reads. | |||
* Due to an injury, he was eventually returned to the United States to recuperate and await orders to Germany. | |||
* He served the community as a valued citizen, his country as a patriot-soldier and God as faithful-serving Christian. | |||
* Served as S-2 (Intelligence) with the 2nd Ranger Battalion (“Rudder’s Rangers”). | |||
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