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| "I am an American fighting man. I serve in the forces guarding our country and our way of life. I am prepared to give my life in their defense." |
He was shot by the owner of a motel in Chicago when he ran into the office unclothed trying to find a woman who had fled his room.
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| "I am an American fighting man. I serve in the forces guarding our country and our way of life. I am prepared to give my life in their defense." |
The motel where Cooke was killed was the Motel Hacienda on South Figueroa Street in Los Angeles, about six miles south of USC. The motel is no longer there, and the area is mostly residential.