World War II Honoree

Edgar Lloyd Frease

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Cashmere, Washington

Honored By

Lynne Frease McMahan

Relationship

Daughter

FIRST LIEUTENANT, QUARTERMASTER CORPS. WAS PUT ON A TRAIN IN 1943 THAT TOOK HIM TO HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA AND HE CROSSED THE ATLANTIC ON THE TOUR SHIP, LLE DE FRANCE. IT ZIG-ZAGGED ACROSS THE ATLANTIC TO AVOID GERMAN SUBMARINES. LEFT FROM ENGLAND D+30 BECAUSE HE WAS A SUPPLY TROOP. THEY LANDED ON UTAH BEACH ON THE CHERBOURG PENINSULA. HE SPENT 18 MONTHS THERE AT SUPPLY DEPOT. LATER, HE GOT SENT OUT TO CHERBOURG AIRPORT WHERE THERE WERE DISPLACED NATIONALS, AND HE HAD TO PUT THEM TO WORK AND FEED THEM. HE RECEIVED A LETTER OF COMMENDATION FOR THAT. HE WENT INTO HOLLAND AND WAS ABOUT 50 MILES FROM GERMANY, BUT HAD TO WAIT FOR THE RUSSIANS TO ATTACK GERMANY FIRST. THEN HE WAS SENT TO A MARSHALLING AREA IN FRANCE AND HE HAD ENOUGH POINTS TO COME HOME. HE WAS DISCHARGED AT FORT LEWIS, WASHINGTON.