World War II Honoree

William H. T. Glenn

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Delta, Colorado

Honored By

Orville L. Kline

RANK: LIEUTENANT JUNIOR GRADE. HE ENTERED THE U.S. NAVY V-12 TRAINING PROGRAM AS A CADET IN DECEMBER 1942 AND GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA. UPON GRADUATION, HE RECEIVED HIS COMMISSION WITH THE RANK OF ENSIGN. COMPLETED HIS AVIATION FLIGHT TRAINING AT THE U.S. NAVAL AIR STATION, ANACOSTIA, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, U.S. NAVAL AIR STATION, DALLAS, TEXAS AND THE U.S. NAVAL AIR STATIONS PENSACOLA AND JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA. SERVED IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS AND THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. DECORATIONS AND MEDALS: AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON. HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN DECEMBER 1945.