[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 59 (Friday, April 11, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E738]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    IN MEMORY OF CDR WILLIAM W. COBB

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                            HON. IKE SKELTON

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 10, 2003

  Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, it is with deep sadness that I inform the 
House of the death of CDR William W. Cobb of Atlantic Beach, FL.
  CDR Cobb was born in Lexington, MO, on November 7, 1920. He was 
raised in Lexington and Long Beach, CA, and attended Wentworth Military 
Academy in Lexington. CDR Cobb was a 1943 graduate of the U.S. Naval 
Academy and was immediately ordered to sea duty in the Pacific. He saw 
combat action during several battle campaigns on the USS Indianapolis 
and the USS Wasp.
  After World War II, CDR Cobb completed flight training in 1947 and 
went on to his first squadron tour in VP-26 from 1947-1949. He 
subsequently was assigned as Executive Officer and Instructor, NROTC at 
the University of Missouri in Columbia, before returning to flight duty 
as the Deputy Director of Plans and Operations, 1503rd Air Transport 
Wing in Tokyo, Japan. CDR Cobb assumed duties as the Assistant 
Operations Officer, NAS Moffett Field, California, and from 1958 
through 1960, he was assigned duties as Senior Pilot and Patrol Plane 
Commander in Airborne Early Warning Squadron Three, based in Aguna, 
Guam.
  CDR Cobb reported to the Pentagon for duty in the office of the Chief 
of Naval Information after a tour as a student at the Army Language 
School in Monterey, CA. He served under Admiral J.S. McCain, the father 
of Senator John McCain.
  CDR Cobb retired from the Navy in July of 1964 after 24 years of 
honorable and dedicated service. He had a second career in sales and as 
a realtor in McLean, VA. He resided in Alexandria, VA, from 1961 to 
1990. After a second retirement, CDR Cobb and his wife, Jean, also a 
former Lexington native, moved to Fleet Landing in Atlantic Beach, FL. 
His wife, a former Miss Lexington and runner up in the Miss Missouri 
pageant, passed away in 1999. They were married for 56 wonderful and 
productive years.
  Mr. Speaker, CDR Cobb was a valuable leader in the U.S. Navy. I know 
the Members of the House will join me in extending heartfelt 
condolences to his family: his son Rear Admiral William W. Cobb, Jr.; a 
daughter, Susan E. Cobb; a sister, Mrs. C.C. Shannon; a grandson, 
granddaughter, and a great-granddaughter.

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