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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 14491" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Cook </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Dallas Harry</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>2 Raider Bn </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Sergeant </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>291466 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>16th October 1942 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>21</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific,,Honolulu,Hawaii Tablets of the Missing </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><em>from Red Jacket, West Virginia</em></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 19.05.1921, Robinette, Logan County, West Virginia, USA</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>father Andrew Fred Cook (1891-1978)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>mother Ina L. Cook (1892-1985)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Next of kin - Mother, Mrs. Ina Cook, Red Jacket, West Virginia</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>enlisted 14.08.1940</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>captured 17.08.1942</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>executed 16.10.1942</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>award Navy Cross</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>captured by Japanese, taken to Kwajalein and executed on 16.10.1942</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/d-cook.34963/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/34/34963-ac3bbf05699661f4b152b32203bc3374.jpg?1611945711" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/d-cook.34962/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/34/34962-6ac9b83ef495ef666324b86d3e71ce1a.jpg?1611945710" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">After the battle Colonel Carlson made arrangements for the raiders killed during the raid to be buried by native islanders, nine remained missing. Carlson figured they'd been shot dead in the surf and washed away. Only after the war would the Marine Corps discover that the nine missing raiders separated from their units at one point or another during the operation had remained alive on the Island after Carlson and the submarines departed for home. These Marines hid among the natives for a month before surrendering on 30 August. They were later executed on Kwajalein Island.</span></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">The location of the burials on Makin was located in 1999. The remains of 19 Marines and an Islander were identified. Six Raider families claimed and buried remains privately; the 13 others were interred at Arlington National Ceremony under a full-honors ceremony. Sgt. Cook was one of the executed Marines officially listed as KIA August 19 1943. </span></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Robertson, post: 14491, member: 1"] [LIST] [*][B]SURNAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Cook [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]FORENAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Dallas Harry[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]UNIT[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]2 Raider Bn [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]RANK[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Sergeant [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]NUMBER[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]291466 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]DATE OF DEATH[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]16th October 1942 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]AGE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]21[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]GRAVESITE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific,,Honolulu,Hawaii Tablets of the Missing [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]ADDITIONAL INFORMATION[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I][I]from Red Jacket, West Virginia[/I][/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]born 19.05.1921, Robinette, Logan County, West Virginia, USA[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]father Andrew Fred Cook (1891-1978)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]mother Ina L. Cook (1892-1985)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Next of kin - Mother, Mrs. Ina Cook, Red Jacket, West Virginia[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]enlisted 14.08.1940[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]captured 17.08.1942[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]executed 16.10.1942[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]award Navy Cross[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]captured by Japanese, taken to Kwajalein and executed on 16.10.1942[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][URL='https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/d-cook.34963/'][IMG]https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/34/34963-ac3bbf05699661f4b152b32203bc3374.jpg?1611945711[/IMG][/URL] [URL='https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/d-cook.34962/'][IMG]https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/34/34962-6ac9b83ef495ef666324b86d3e71ce1a.jpg?1611945710[/IMG][/URL] [/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]After the battle Colonel Carlson made arrangements for the raiders killed during the raid to be buried by native islanders, nine remained missing. Carlson figured they'd been shot dead in the surf and washed away. Only after the war would the Marine Corps discover that the nine missing raiders separated from their units at one point or another during the operation had remained alive on the Island after Carlson and the submarines departed for home. These Marines hid among the natives for a month before surrendering on 30 August. They were later executed on Kwajalein Island.[/COLOR][/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]The location of the burials on Makin was located in 1999. The remains of 19 Marines and an Islander were identified. Six Raider families claimed and buried remains privately; the 13 others were interred at Arlington National Ceremony under a full-honors ceremony. Sgt. Cook was one of the executed Marines officially listed as KIA August 19 1943. [/COLOR][/I][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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