World War II Honoree

Glenn George Hairston, M. D.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Prescott, Arkansas

Honored By

Tom McClellan & G. H. King

Relationship

Friends

ENTERED SERVICE IN MARCH, 1941 IN ARMY MEDICAL CORPS. BECAME COMBAT COMMAND SURGEON, 7TH ARMORED DIVISION. UNIT ENTERED BATTLE OF THE BULGE AREA ON DECEMBER 17, 1944 AND WAS ISOLATED UNTIL DECEMBER 24, 1944. ONLY ONE-THIRD OF UNIT SURVIVED BEFORE BEING RELIEVED AND EVACUATED. DISCHARGED ON APRIL 26, 1946 AS LIEUTENANT COLONEL AT BROOKS GENERAL HOSPITAL, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.