Cross posted to Military Board. Surprised this got so little attention.
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Aaron Cook, originally from Ft. Worth, settled in Houston after WWII. Enlisted in the Navy after his 18th birthday in 1940. Died last Saturday. Link above includes video from his visit to the Bush Library (College Station) in 2017.
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Aaron Cook, originally from Ft. Worth, settled in Houston after WWII. Enlisted in the Navy after his 18th birthday in 1940. Died last Saturday. Link above includes video from his visit to the Bush Library (College Station) in 2017.
Obituary
If you Google Aaron Clark Pearl Harbor, a ton of articles come up, apparently he was able to attend several reunions and commemorations in the last few years.Quote:
Aaron W. Cook, Aviation Ordnance Chief, USN, was born on November 27, 1922, in Ft. Worth, TX. He enlisted in the Navy on December 5, 1940, after completing boot camp in San Diego. He served in the Navy from April 10, 1941 until May 15, 1946. He was awarded the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign medal with two stars and the American Defense medal with "Base" clasp.
He was on Ford Island the morning of the infamous attack of December 7, 1941. He would often recount his memory of being in front of the Administration Building that morning, seeing the low-level first flight of the Japanese bombers dropping their bombs which destroyed the PBY hangars. He would also recount that they initially assumed that it was a "practice raid" until they were struck by the concussion of the explosions, then realizing that they were under attack.
