World War II Honoree

Gaylord Gene Flory

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Michigan

Honored By

Evelyn A. Flory

Relationship

Wife

ENLISTED IN THE U.S. ARMY IN JANUARY 1942, WAS SENT TO BOOT CAMP AND OFFICERS CANDIDATE SCHOOL AT FORT SILL, OKLAHOMA, WAS COMMISSIONED A SECOND LIEUTENANT IN OCTOBER 1942, WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 251ST FIELD ARTILLERY, BATTERY B, AND WAS SENT TO NEW GUINEA IN MARCH 1944, WHERE HE RECEIVED A FIELD PROMOTION TO FIRST LIEUTENANT AND WHERE HE LOST HIS RIGHT LEG IN AUGUST 1944. HE RECEIVED AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE IN OCTOBER 1945.