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* Born 2 April 1918 in Philadelphia. | * Born 2 April 1918 in Philadelphia. | ||
* Born 2 April 1918. | * Born 2 April 1918. | ||
* 1936 — 1940 Graduate of Michigan State (AB, Economics). Served with ROTC. | |||
* 28 October 1943 — Released from Camp Ritchie. Assigned to 2nd Ranger Battalion, Fort Dix NJ (S.O.259 refers to Cook only). | |||
* 23 November 1943 — The Battalion embarked on the HMS Queen Elizabeth to Scotland. | |||
* ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Harvey James Cook, 85, was a distinguished member of the 2nd Battalion of World War II Rangers. He was also a retired Army Colonel. Colonel Cook was born April 2, 1918 in Philadelphia, growing up in Narberth, PA. There he shared his father’s passion for baseball and graduated from Lower Merion High School in 1936, then Michigan. | * ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Harvey James Cook, 85, was a distinguished member of the 2nd Battalion of World War II Rangers. He was also a retired Army Colonel. Colonel Cook was born April 2, 1918 in Philadelphia, growing up in Narberth, PA. There he shared his father’s passion for baseball and graduated from Lower Merion High School in 1936, then Michigan. | ||
* July 1942 — Transferred to Camp Ritchie as 1st Lt. “No Languages”. | * July 1942 — Transferred to Camp Ritchie as 1st Lt. “No Languages”. | ||
* 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). | * 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. | * 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. | ||
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* He served the community as a valued citizen, his country as a patriot-soldier and God as faithful-serving Christian. | * 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”). | * Served as S-2 (Intelligence) with the 2nd Ranger Battalion (“Rudder’s Rangers”). | ||
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