Compton post office renamed for local Vietnam War hero who saved lives of fellow Marines

Marine veteran Charles Cook Jr., left, who served in the Vietnam War, salutes during the singing of the National Anthem at a ceremony to rename a Compton post office in honor of Pfc. Anderson did something that every human being has to go, ‘Would I have had the courage to do what James did?’” said Rep. Maxine Waters, whose district includes Compton. James Anderson Jr., after a Compton post office was named in his honor Wednesday. “If James Anderson were with us today,” Waters said, “he would be 77 years old.” :: The PFC James Anderson Jr. Post Office was built in 1935 in the civic center at Willowbrook and Compton Boulevard. James Anderson Jr., attended a ceremony dedicating a Compton post office in his name on Wednesday.