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SUMMARY:Henry Eugene Cook\, USA
DESCRIPTION:I’m glad it’s not cold.  That just wouldn’t be right. \nThe family of Henry Eugene Cook has requested that South Carolina’s Patriot Guard Riders conduct an Honor Mission in support of the funeral of their Soldier.   \nHenry Cook served in World War II.  In December of 1944 he was serving with the 101st Airborne in Belgium near the town of Bastogne.  You think you’ve been cold?  No\, Henry Cook knew what cold was then.  It was one of the hardest winters Europe has ever seen.  Bone jarring cold for day after day after day during a battle the entire world would come to know as ‘The Bulge’.\n\nHenry’s unit was overrun and he became a Prisoner of War.  If anything\, that made it colder.  His world became one of concentrating on survival for himself and his fellow prisoners.  The rest of the world knew that Patton’s 3rd Army was conducting an incredible pivot and march to relieve Bastogne.  Inside the camp they only knew cold and snow and trying to hang on. \nHenry Cook survived that camp.  Patton’s soldiers walked and ran through the snow for more than 48 hours\, arrived hungry and tired and\, being American Soldiers\, immediately launched a fierce counter attack against the German Army. The siege of Bastogne was broken as was the German Army.  In just a few weeks Spring came and with it came freedom. \nHenry Cook came home\, raised a family\, worked\, paid his taxes and went to church.  He was a quiet\, humble man who never mentioned that Bronze Star with ‘V’.  But he was forever a man who knew what it meant to be cold.  We\, the SCPGR\, are privileged to stand bearing silent witness as this Hero is finally allowed to rest. \nTHURSDAY        02 JUNE 2016 \nStaging Time:           1015 (10:15 am) \nStaging Location:     Newberry Memorial Gardens\n                                 Wilson Road (US 76)\n                                 Newberry SC  29108 \nMap:                         https://goo.gl/maps/qdLKuZtdtY72  \nBriefing:                   1030 \nMission Description:  Establish and maintain Flag Line during graveside service. \nMission Duration:     1 Hour \nRide Captain:            Melissa Stevens\n                                  freebirdsnsc@yahoo.com\n864-344-4999 \nHe fought for you.  He endured cold and pain and fear for all of us.  It is now our turn to stand in honor of a Soldier who endured.  Please join with your fellow Patriots in Newberry on Thursday morning.  And Newberry……….a Hero died on Memorial Day.  He is being laid to rest on a warm day…………..Listen For The Rumble.
URL:https://www.patriotguard.org/mission/henry-eugene-cook-usa-2/
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