US PARAS Cook, Julian Aaron (Joe)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Cook ​

• FORENAME

Julian Aaron (Joe) ​

• UNIT

504 Parachute Infantry Regiment (HQ and HQ Company,3 Bn ) ​

• RANK

Major ​

• NUMBER

0-23290 ​

• AWARD

Distinguished Service Cross,Bronze Star with oak leaf cluster,Militaire Willems-orde 4e klasse (Neth) ​

• PLACE

Holland 1944 (DSC,MWO) ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 7.10.1916 Mount Holly,Rutland County,Vermont​

graduated USMA 1940​

504 PIR 1942​

Lt Colonel late 1944 (3 Bn CO)​

US Liaison Officer to French Forces in French Indochina 1953​

died 19.6.1990 Columbia,Richland County,South Carolina​

buried South Carolina ​

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