Nathan E. Cook

After 12 and a half years of service as an enlisted man, he was appointed to the warrant officer rank of boatswain on January 11, 1913.

Cook was promoted on August 15, 1918, to the temporary rank of lieutenant and was given command of the tugboat USS Favorite on the 21st of the same month.

[3] Cook received a letter of commendation from the Secretary of the Navy for his role in salvaging the USS Narragansett in February 1919.

[5] During the early days of World War II, Cook was stationed at Port-au-Prince Haiti and in Panama.

As of November 1, 1940 he was the executive officer of the SS Mormacyork which served as a transport between the United States and South America.

Cook was the last living member of the United Spanish War Veterans (USWV).

When Cook turned 104, he received a congratulatory letter from George H. W. Bush and guests watched a video presentation about his life.

Cook's younger daughter, Eleanor Kay of Tempe, Arizona, also said around this time: "He was a Navy man throughout.