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Nathan E Cook
Nathan e cook was born in oct 10, 1885. he was a sailor in the U.S.A navy in the spanish war. his career began to contiunue through the second war. Nathan was the oldest veteran to live dieing at the age of 106 -
joining the war
He joined the war at the age of 15 as a cabin boy. Nathan lied about his age to go see the world he travel the world 4 times -
WW1
Cook was bound for china. he also became inchage in the U.S.S favorite. pancho villa was also involved. Cook was on the first ship called the "penscola". -
On Sea
working at sea was very dangerous and diffcult. when it snowed they had to remove the ice off the ships. It was so heavy and it was able to kill you. Lots of the soilders died because they were incharge of removing the ice. -
Sinking
the greastest tragedy was the sinking of thetrooship SS mendi on feb 21, 1917. there was 617 members of SANIC were drowned. -
surrender at war
Before president woodrow wilson declared war on germany in april 1917. Nathan surrendered to the german fleet at harwich. many of the soldiers were killed trying to set up the torpedo's to be launched -
Nathan cook
when cook turned 104, president bush sent him congratulatory letter and guest watched a video presentation of his life. He got told that he had a bad heart. The reason he died was because he was old. But he surved 40 years in the navy.
