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Kent Weekly (SS/DSV) (DBF), EMCS
to remember
Cooke, Charles Maynard, Jr. (Savvy), ADM USN(Ret).
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Contact Info
Last Address Palo Alto, CA
Date of Passing Dec 24, 1970
Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia
Although he almost certainly would have been an outstanding fleet commander during the war, it was believed that he performed a far more valuable service in his role in Strategic Planning. One of his contemporaries said that of all those unsung heroes who helped win WWII, Savvy Cooke's name "stands out at the top".
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