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William E. Cook
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Becky Dirks Haugsted provided the images and Janet A. Brandt transcribed the text.
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Private Wm. E. Cook, a native son of Anamosa was one of the few who lost their lives at sea while on the way to the battlefields. He was on the wrecked steamer Otranto which was in collision with the Kashimere on the Scotch-Irish coast. The sufferings and heroism of the brave soldiers who battled with the waves in that terrible storm has been the theme of many writers. The death of one is the history of the death of all. William was a favorite with all his acquaintances in Anamosa. He enlisted in the Army in February, 1918, and was assigned to the position of cook. He seemed to have a premonition that he might not safely cross the sea. In a letter to his aunt, Mrs. R. P. Lacy of this city, just before he sailed, he said he would write if it should happen that he safely landed overseas. We have not learned the place of burial, but the body will be returned here. | ||||
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