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01 December 2011

Obituary of Michael Eugene Coogan

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(extracted from "Del Rio News-Herald" [TX], 01 MAY 1946, PAGE 6):

CIVILIAN WHO WENT
ASHORE ON LEYTE
WITH MACARTHUR DIES

SEATTLE, April 30 (AP) - Michael E. Coogan, 45, one of the first
civilians ashore with General MacArthur's troops in the Leyte
invasion, died late today after a short illness.

Coogan wasn an automotive advisor to MacArthur's forces.  He was
injured a few days after the Leyte landing by an aerial bomb 
burst and was awarded a Purple Heart.  He was hospitalized in New
Caledonia and Hawaii before being invalidid home in February, 
1944.

Earlier, he helped train 7th Infantry Division drivers and aided
in development of the amphibious "duck."

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