World War II Honoree

Edwin E. 'Ed' Glover

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Stillwater, Oklahoma

Honored By

Mary L. Hall Glover

Relationship

Wife

SERVED IN THE ARMY RESERVE OFFICER TRAINING CORPS AT OKLAHOMA A&M COLLEGE AT STILLWATER, OKLAHOMA FROM SEPTEMBER 1940 TO APRIL 5, 1943. SIMULTANEOUSLY SERVED IN THE ENLISTED RESERVE CORPS FROM JULY 2, 1942 TO APRIL 5, 1943. INDUCTED AND CALLED TO ACTIVE DUTY ON APRIL 6, 1943 AND SERVED AS A CORPORAL UNTIL SEPTEMBER 17, 1943 WHEN HONORABLY DISCHARGED TO ACCEPT AN APPOINTMENT AS AN OFFICER. ASSIGNED TO OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL (OCS) AT FORT BENNING, COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. GRADUATED AND WAS COMMISSIONED A SECOND LIEUTENANT OF INFANTRY ON SEPTEMBER 18, 1943. SERVED 1 YEAR AND 10 MONTHS IN THE AMERICAN THEATER STATIONED AT CAMP CROFT AT SPARTANBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA; FORT BRAGG AT FAYETTEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA WITH THE 13TH AIRBORNE DIVISION AND CAMP MCCOY AT SPARTA, WISCONSIN WITH THE 76TH INFANTRY ‘ONAWAY’ DIVISION. PARTICIPATED WITH THE 76TH DIVISION IN WINTER MANEUVERS FEBRUARY TO MARCH 1944 IN MICHIGAN. SAILED OVERSEAS AS AN INDIVIDUAL REPLACEMENT FROM CAMP SHANKS, ORANGEBURG, NEW YORK PORT OF EMBARKATION ON JUNE 16, 1944 ABOARD THE USS LEJEUNE. ARRIVED AT PRESTWICK, SCOTLAND ON JULY 1, 1944 AND SAILED FROM SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND ACROSS THE ENGLISH CHANNEL AND LANDED AT UTAH BEACH IN NORMANDY, FRANCE. JOINED HIS UNIT ON THE FRONT LINES IN THE VICINITY OF ST. LO, FRANCE ON JULY 14, 1944. SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER AS 1ST PLATOON LEADER WITH COMPANY A, 39TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 9TH INFANTRY ‘THE VARSITY’ DIVISION. PARTICIPATED IN THE NORMANDY AND NORTHERN FRANCE CAMPAIGNS. FOUGHT IN THE HEDGEROWS AT ST. LO, WITH LEAD ELEMENTS IN OPERATION ‘COBRA’ THE BREAKOUT OF THE NORMANDY BEACHHEAD, IN OPERATIONS TO CLOSE THE FALAISE GAP, AT MORTAGNE TO TURN THE ENEMY COUNTERATTACK, AND IN OFFENSIVE OPERATIONS TO CROSS THE MARNE RIVER IN THE MIEUX AREA. LED AN ASSAULT CROSSING OF THE MEUSE RIVER AND ATTACK ON THE VILLAGE OF GEDINNE, BELGIUM. THERE, HIS UNIT WAS OVERWHELMED BY A NUMERICALLY SUPERIOR ENEMY FORCE; HE WAS WOUNDED IN ACTION AND TAKEN PRISONER OF WAR ON SEPTEMBER 5, 1944. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO STALAG IV-G AT ROSRATH, NEAR KOLN, GERMANY WHERE HIS LEG WAS SAVED FROM AMPUTATION. ON DECEMBER 28, 1944, THE BRITISH AIR FORCES BOMBED HIS CAMP AND DESTROYED ALL BUILDINGS EXCEPT ONE BARRACKS. ON FEBRUARY 14, 1945, STALAG IV-G WAS RELOCATED AND ON MARCH 22, 1945, HE WAS MOVED TO STALAG 11-B NEAR FALLINGBOSTEL, GERMANY. REPATRIATED ON APRIL 16, 1945, AFTER 7 MONTHS AND 11 DAYS AS A PRISONER, WHEN FIELD MARSHALL MONTGOMERY’S 8TH ARMORED DIVISION LIBERATED THE CAMP. EVACUATED TO AN AIR BASE NEAR LONDON, ENGLAND AND PLACED IN AN AMERICAN HOSPITAL AWAITING TRANSPORTATION TO THE U.S. AWARDED THE COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, BRONZE STAR MEDAL WITH OAK LEAF CLUSTER, PURPLE HEART, PRISONER OF WAR MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 2 BRONZE SERVICE STARS, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA CROSS OF VALOR. AUTHORIZED PERMANENT WEAR OF THE PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION WITH OAK LEAF CLUSTER FOR EXTRAORDINARY HEROISM IN ACTION BY HIS UNIT AT COTENTIN PENINSULA AND CHERENCE LE ROUSSEL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED WITH THE RANK OF FIRST LIEUTENANT AT FORT SAM HOUSTON, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS ON JULY 7, 1946. ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON. CONTINUED SERVICE IN THE OFFICER’S RESERVE CORPS AFTER THE WAR AND WAS DISCHARGED WITH THE RANK OF CAPTAIN.