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Title: Charles Maynard Cooke papers
Date (inclusive): 1920-1964
Collection Number: 68005
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
37 manuscript boxes, 2 envelopes
(17.8 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, speeches and writings, reports, dispatches, memoranda, and photographs relating to American naval operations
in World War II, inter-Allied diplomacy in World War II, the defenses of Taiwan, and American domestic and foreign policy.
Digital copies of select records also available at
https://digitalcollections.hoover.org.
Creator:
Cooke, Charles Maynard, 1886-
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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Acquisition Information
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1968.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Charles Maynard Cooke papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
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Biographical Note
1886 December 19 |
Born, Fort Smith, Arkansas |
1905 |
B.S., University of Arkansas |
1906-1910 |
Midshipman, U.S. Naval Academy |
1912 |
Commissioned, Ensign |
1913-1916 |
Submarine duty |
1915 |
Promoted to the rank of Lieutenant (junior grade) |
1916-1918 |
Assistant Inspector of Machinery, Fore River Shipbuilding Corporation |
1917 |
Naval member, First Naval District Section of Joint Army and Navy Survey of Merchant Vessels |
1918 |
Promoted to the rank of Lieutenant |
1921 |
Promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Commander |
1923 |
Superintendant and Engineer Officer, Naval Station, Cavite, Philippine Islands |
1929 |
Promoted to the rank of Commander |
1931 |
Promoted to the rank of Captain |
1931-1933 |
Commander, Submarine Division Eleven, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii |
1934-1937 |
Commandant, Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba |
1936-1938 |
Fleet War Plans and Logistics Officer, U.S. Fleet |
1938-1941 |
Staff, War Plans Division, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations |
1941 |
Commanding officer, U.S.S.
Pennsylvania
|
1942 |
Promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral |
1942-1944 |
Deputy Chief of Staff, U.S. Fleet |
1944 |
Promoted to the rank of Vice Admiral |
1944-1945 |
Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Fleet (Deputy Chief of Naval Operations) |
1945 |
Distinguished Service Medal |
1946 |
Promoted to the rank of Admiral |
1946-1948 |
Commander, Seventh Fleet, Western Pacific (U.S. Naval Force, Western Pacific) |
1948 |
Transfered to the Retired List of the Navy |
1950-1951 |
Coordinator, Commerce International China, Special Technician Program (STP) to the Republic of China (Taiwan); unofficial
advisor to the government of Chiang Kai-shek
|
1957-1961 |
Director, Ingalls Taiwan Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company |
1970 December 24 |
Died |
Scope and Content of Collection
Correspondence, speeches and writings, reports, dispatches, memoranda, and photographs relating to American naval operations
in World War II, inter-Allied diplomacy in World War II, the defenses of Taiwan, and American domestic and foreign policy.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations
World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history
Officers
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989
United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989
Taiwan -- Defenses
United States. Navy
Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975