Flags to be half-staff in Mobile County to honor Major General J Gary Cooper: Gov Ivey yahoo.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from yahoo.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
J Gary Cooper, military and governmental trailblazer from Mobile, dead at 87 al.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from al.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Cooper became a reservist in 1970 and served in a variety of capacities and rising to the rank of major general in 1988, when he returned to active duty as director of personnel at the Marine Corps headquarters.
Mobile, Ala. (WKRG) — Mobile native and Marine Corps Veteran Major General Gary Cooper passed away on Saturday. Cooper who is recognized as the first African-American Marine Corps officer to lead an infantry company into combat in Vietnam, earned two Purple Hearts and a Bronze Star among other distinctions. He graduated from McGill-Toolen High School […]