World War II Honoree

Elmer Weldon Glaze

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Speegleville, Texas

Honored By

Michael Glaze

Relationship

Grandson

HELPED COMMISSION THE USS WAINWRIGHT (DD-419) IN 1940 AND SERVED ON HER AS PART OF ARCTIC CONVOY PQ-17 ON THE MURMANSK RUN, 1942. ALSO SERVED ON THE WAINWRIGHT WHILE IT PROTECTED ALLIED TROOP MOVEMENTS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA DURING THE INVASION OF ITALY AT ANZIO, 1944. SERVED IN OPERATION CROSSROADS, THE NAVY'S ATOMIC BOMB EXPERIMENTS ON BIKINI ATOLL IN THE MARSHALL ISLANDS, 1946. HE PASSED AWAY IN 2006 AND WAS INTERRED AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY.