Walter Cook

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Walter Cook, Gunnery Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism while serving with the 43d Company, 5th Regiment (Marines), 2d Division, A.E.F. in action near Blanc Mont, France, October 6, 1918. Without regard for his own personal safety, Gunnery Sergeant Cook rescued two men who were buried with dirt by the explosion of a German ammunition dump, and refused to find cover for himself until every man of his command had found a place of safety.

The Navy Cross is presented to Walter Cook, Gunnery Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism while serving with the 43d Company, 5th Regiment (Marines), 2d Division, A.E.F. in action near Blanc Mont, France, October 6, 1918. Without regard for his own personal safety, Gunnery Sergeant Cook rescued two men who were buried with dirt by the explosion of a German ammunition dump, and refused to find cover for himself until every man of his command had found a place of safety.