Pooler in Chatham County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
1st Lt. Harlan Leroy Cook
Photographed By Mike Stroud, 2013
1. 1st Lt Harlan Leroy Cook Marker
Mission 311: 803 bombers and 859 fighters are dispatched to hit a marshalling yard at Hamm, Germany;
Great Ashfield "The Mighty Eighth"
1st Lt. Harlan Leroy Cook
August 27, 1920 - May 2, 2006
Enlisted Army Air Corps April 1942
Pilot Training California and Arizona
April 22, 1944 11th Mission Hamm Germany
"Tail End Charlie"
FW190 Attack Shot Down Hilbeck Germany
POW Staglag Luft III
Liberated April 29, 1945
"Miss Cheyenne" S/N 4238200R
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II.
Location. 32° 6.952′ N, 81° 14.249′ W. Marker is in Pooler, Georgia, in Chatham County. Located adjacent to I-95, Georgia exit 102, (US 80 east), at the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 175 Bourne Avenue, Pooler GA 31322, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Lt. Alpheus L. Kilmer Crew (here, next to this marker); Members Of The Rüsselsheim Death March (here, next to this marker); Sittin' Pretty (here, next to this marker); 55th Fighter Group (here, next to this marker); To The War Time Mothers of America (here, next to this marker); "Hard 17" (here, next to this marker);
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Also see . . . Stalag Luft III - from B24.NET Home ; United States Air Force Academy -. was located 100 miles southeast of Berlin in what is now Poland. The POW camp was one of six operated by the Luftwaffe for downed British and American airmen. Compared to other prisoner of war camps throughout the Axis world, it was a model of civilized internment. The Geneva Convention of 1929 on the treatment of prisoners of war was complied with as much as possible, but it was still war, still prison, and still grim. With a madman on top, there was the ever-present threat that authority above the Luftwaffe could change things on a whim. Kriegies always knew that they were living on the razor's edge.
(editor note: Kriegie is what the POWs called themselves. It is short for Kriegesgefangenen which is the German word for prisoner of war.)
The Great Escape of March 1944 triggered a tragically severe reaction from the Germans. The diversion from Germany's desperate war effort necessary to recapture the 76 men who got away through the escape tunnel reached Hitler's personal attention and he ordered
Photographed By Mike Stroud, 2013
2. 1st Lt Harlan Leroy Cook Marker indicated by white arrow
Photographed By Mike Stroud, 2013
3. 385th BG Banner
Photographed By Mike Stroud, 2013
4. 1st Lt Harlan Leroy Cook Marker located at the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum
Credits. This page was last revised on February 23, 2021. It was originally submitted on August 25, 2013, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 512 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 25, 2013, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.
