William Delanson Cooley
Military
Object Number - UPL 31172 - Corporal William Delanson Cooley.
Toward the end of the war he was given an unusual assignment, to build a conference table 24'x4'. After completing the table, he was to 'Black ' out the room where the table was placed. When he finished he was whisked away on a 3 day pass to London. Upon his return, he learned that his table was used for a top secret meeting that included, Gen Eisenhower, British Field Marshall Montgomery and General George Patton
Awards: WWII Victory, Good Conduct, American Campaign, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Places
- Site type: Military site
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Salem, Alabama | 29 December 1922 | Son of thomas Delanson and Gillie Lee [Britton] Cooley. |
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Enlisted |
1023 Fort McClellan, Anniston, AL 36205, USA | 11 January 1943 | Fort McClellan Alabama |
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Died |
Columbus, GA, USA | 23 January 2003 | |
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Buried |
3800 US-431, Phenix City, AL 36867, USA | Lakeview Memory Gardens Phenix City Russell County, AL | |
| Lee County, AL, USA |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / son