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Thomas
Ross
Cooley

Home:

Grass Valley

, 

California

Thomas Cooley graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Class of 1917. He retired as a U.S. Navy Vice Admiral.

Awards Received

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Captain

    Division:

    U.S.S. Washington (BB-56)

    Action Date:

    World War
    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 348 (March 1946)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Captain Thomas Ross Cooley, United States Navy, was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. WASHINGTON (BB-56), in the Pacific area during World War II.