Poplar Bluff, Missouri - Congressman Jason Smith (MO-08) will present World War II medals to Cloyd Cook, a 96-year-old WWII veteran Friday.

 

Mr. Cook joined the United States Army after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and was discharged in December of 1945, but never received his medals in the haste to bring soldiers home.

 

Friday Congressman Jason Smith will present Mr. Cook the American Campaign Medal, the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 4 bronze service stars, the World War II Victory Medal, and the Honorable Service Lapel Button at the VFW Post 6477.

 

WHO:            U.S. Representative Jason Smith (MO-08)

 

WHAT:          Presentation of WWII Medals

 

WHEN:          Friday, August 31st, 2018

                        4:30 p.m. CDT

 

WHERE:       VFW Post 6477

                        415 S. Broadway

                        Poplar Bluff, MO 63901