World War II Honoree

Glenn John Harris

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Honored By

Glenn II and Franklin Harris

Relationship

Sons

SERVED IN THE CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATRE IN THE ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS, 1943-1945; INVENTING, DESIGNING AND MAKING SPECIAL MUNITIONS, MOST NOTABLY SPECIAL FLARES FOR MERRILL'S MARAUDERS FOR WHICH HE RECEIVED THE BRONZE STAR. HE RECEIVED HIS SECOND BRONZE STAR FOR LEADING A RESCUE PARTY IN A RESCUE OF PASSENGERS FROM A CRASHED TRANSPORT PLANE. AFTER THE WAR HE HAD TO REMAIN IN THE CHINA/BURMA/INDIA AREA AND COLLECT ALL OF THE MUNITIONS THAT WERE LEFT OVER. HE THEN HAD TO CLEAR THE AREA AND DESTROY THE MUNITIONS.