World War II Honoree

Gordon E. Greenlaw

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Eastport, Maine

Honored By

Calla R. Greenlaw

Relationship

Wife

BASIC TRAINING AT CAMP CROFT, SOUTH CAROLINA. THEN TO FORT MEADE, MARYLAND AND TO CAMP SHANKS, NEW YORK FOR BOARDING THE THE QUEEN ELIZABETH TO GO TO ENGLAND FOR AMPHIBIOUS TRAINING. LANDED IN GREENOCK, SCOTLAND AND BOARDED A TRAIN FOR ENGLAND. MORE TRAINING IN CARDIFF, WALES THEN BACK TO ENGLAND TO BOARD THE SHIP GOING TO NORMANDY FOR D-DAY INVASION JUNE 6, 1944. HE WAS WOUNDED IN THE LEG IN FRANCE ON JUNE 14, 1944. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE 135TH HOSPITAL FOR AN OPERATION ON THE LEG TO REMOVE THE BULLET, WHICH HE STILL HAS AT HOME. HE REMAINED HOSPITALIZED FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AND WAS THEN PUT ON HOSPITAL SHIP TO GO BACK TO CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA. AWARDED THE COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, PURPLE HEART, BRONZE STAR, EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS RIBBON WITH INVASION STAR AND EXPERT RIFLEMAN MEDAL. HE WAS DISCHARGED ON OCTOBER 14, 1945 TO HOMETOWN OF EASTPORT, MAINE.