Lost WW2 sailor may finally return to North Dakota
Orlan Robert Cool’s gravesite at Dovre Lutheran Cemetary in Newburg lies near the graves of his father and mother. Courtesy of Murray Sagsveen.
By U.S. Navy, US National Archives RG-19-LCM, Box 69 - U.S. Navy Boston Naval Shipyard photo 2532-41 from Navsource.org, Public Domain
Researcher finds evidence of sailor, investigates 10 other missing ND servicemen
When Orlan Robert Cool went missing after his ship broke apart off Newfoundland’s frozen coast during a freak storm on Feb. 18, 1942, his death was a double tragedy for his family in Newburg, North Dakota.
He became the second son out of four to die. The other two would be dead within two years.
