Robert L. Cook Papers

Collection

Identifier: TMD265

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Collection contains 6 pages from the Assistant Division Scrapbook containing b/w photographs of various 10th Mountain Division Headquarters Company officers and scenes (ca.1945); memoir: A brief history of the 10th Mountain Division, 1941-1945 as seen by B.G. Robert L. Cook USA" (9 pages, 2 drafts, 1988, 1989); history of artifacts donated to Colorado HIstory Museum (1999); biographical data form (1945).

Dates

1945, 1988, 1999

Creator

Cook, Robert L.,1905-1991. (Person)
Flagg, Donald E., (Person)

Language of Materials

Material is in English unless otherwise noted.

Conditions Governing Access

Contact Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library, Denver, Colorado.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright is retained by the author of the items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Biographical / Historical

Robert L. Cook was born in Greensboro, N.C. on November 26, 1905. He joined the 10th Mountain Division at Fort Lewis, Wash. and was assigned to Headquarters of the Third Battalion of the 87th Infantry Regiment. He also served with the Headquarters Company of the 87th Infantry Regiment, and Headquarters for the First Battalion and Heaquarters Company of the 86th Infantry. He was stationed at Camp Hale, Colo.; and Camp Swift, Tex. before being sent to Italy. Cook was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for his actions in the Apennine Mountains during the period of February 19-March 10,1945. He was wounded in action on April 30, 1945 and attained the rank of Colonel. Later Cook retired from the Army as a Brigadier General and also earned the Legion of Merit Medal during his military career. He died in Winter Park, Fla. on February 3, 1991.