World War II Honoree

Clyde Franklin Pope

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Anniston, Alabama

Honored By

American Legion Post No. 19

MAJOR. COMBAT INFANTRY. ENTERED THE ARMY SERVICE AS A PRIVATE. SERVED WITH THE BRITISH COMMANDOS IN GREAT BRITAIN AND SCOTLAND IN 1942, THEN TRANSFERRED TO THE U.S. TO HELP ESTABLISH THE U.S. ARMY RANGER SCHOOL. IN JANUARY 1944, HE WAS STATIONED IN NORTH AFRICA, THEN TO ITALY WHERE HE RECEIVED A BATTLEFIELD COMMISSION AS A SECOND LIEUTENANT. TOWARDS THE END OF WWII, AS MAJOR, HE WAS COMPANY COMMANDER, 88TH INFANTRY DIVISION IN ITALY. AT THE END OF THE WAR, HE WAS SENT TO GREECE AS A U.S. MILITARY OBSERVER-ADVISOR.