Donald Cook Detachment # 608 – Burlington Vermont

 

 

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Contact us at mcldet608vt@gmail.com

 

 

 

 

About Us: We are one of 5 detachments of the Marine Corps League in Vermont and based in Burlington. We are honored to be able to name our detachment after Donald Cook who was a POW in Vietnam and repeatedly put the interests of his comrades before that of his own well-being. Giving more needy men his medicine and drug allowance while constantly nursing them, he risked infection from contagious diseases while in a rapidly deteriorating state of health, eventually losing his life. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.

 

Mission: Members of the Donald G. Cook Detachment provide assistance to all Marines, FMF Corpsmen and their families as well as conduct events and ceremonies together in fellowship and camaraderie in order to preserve the history and traditions of the United States Marine Corps and support our local community.

 

 

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The USS Donald Cook DDG75 is the first naval war vessel named for an unreturned Prisoner of War. On 20 March 2003 the first Tomahawk missiles launched at the  beginning of the Second Gulf War were fired from the USS Donald Cook. More information is available here.

 

 
                             Donald G. Cook - USMC

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                           

 

 

                                                           

                                                             The current committees of the Donald G. Cook Detachment are:

 

                                                                                                Toys for Kids of Vermont
                                                                                                Picnic Committee
                                                                                                Welcome Aboard Committee
                                                                                                Marine Corps Birthday Ball Committee
                                                                                                Technology Committee
                                                                                                Honor Guard Committee

 

                                                                                                The current activities include:

 

                                                                                                Color Guard Detail
                                                                                                Toys for Kids of Vermont
                                                                                                Marine Corps Birthday Ball

                                                                                                Local Parades

 

 

Once a Marine!     -     Always a Marine!