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Glen W. Smith
Army
Glen
W.
Smith
DIVISION: Army,
707th Tank Battalion
Dec 1, 1914 - Feb 1, 1945
BIRTHPLACE: Burdick, KS
HIGHEST RANK: T-4
THEATER OF OPERATION: European
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MILITARY HONORS: Purple Heart
HONORED BY: The Dickinson County Heritage Center and The Eisenhower Foundation

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Glen Smith was born in Burdick, KS to William and Hulda Smith. He attended the Diamond Valley High School at Burdick and was employed at the N.E. Shank Standard Oil Agent in Herington when he was drafted into the service. Smith was stationed at Fort Knox, Kentucky for awhile before leaving for overseas duty July 15, 1944. Smith was announced as "Missing In Action" on December 19, 1944. His family learned Smith was taken prisoner and in April the family received a form card, written by Glen, stating he was a prisoner at Stalag-12 camp. Two months after his death, the family received word, Smith had died February 1, 1945. Smith was well liked and popular around the Burdick and Herington communities. He had two brothers serving in World War II as well as a brother-in-law.

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Walter B. Smith
Army
Walter
B.
Smith
DIVISION: Army,
Infantry
Oct 5, 1895 - Aug 9, 1961
BIRTHPLACE: Indianpolis, Indiana
HIGHEST RANK: General
THEATER OF OPERATION: European
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MILITARY HONORS: Chief of Staff of SHAEF
HONORED BY: The Eisenhower Foundation

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Walter Bedell Smith, (born October 5, 1895, Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.—died August 9, 1961, Washington, D.C.), U.S. Army general, diplomat, and administrator who served as chief of staff for U.S. forces in Europe during World War II. Smith began his military career as an enlisted man in the Indiana National Guard (1910–15) and in 1917 was commissioned a second lieutenant of infantry in the U.S. Army. He fought briefly in World War I, and, advancing through grades, he served in the United States and the Philippines and taught in the U.S. Army Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia. In February 1942 he was named secretary of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff and U.S. secretary of the Anglo-American Combined Chiefs of Staff, with the rank of brigadier general. The following September he became chief of staff of the European theatre of operations and chief of staff to General Dwight D. Eisenhower, serving in those posts until Eisenhower’s departure from Europe after the war. He negotiated and accepted for the Allies the surrender of Italy (1943) and of Germany (1945).On returning to the United States in 1945, Smith became chief of the operations and planning division of the War Department general staff. Shortly afterward he was appointed U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union, a post he held from 1946 to 1949. Later he commanded the U.S. First Army (1949–50) and was director of central intelligence (1950–53), becoming general in 1951. He retired from the army in 1953 to become undersecretary of state. In October 1954 he resigned from government service and entered private business. He was the author of My Three Years in Moscow (1950) and Eisenhower’s Six Great Decisions (1956) Courtesy of Britannica.com/biography, nationalww2museum  and Wikipedia

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Gilman R. Smith
Army Air Corps
Gilman
R.
Smith
DIVISION: Army Air Corps,
653rd Bombardment Squadron
Mar 27, 1916 -
BIRTHPLACE: Durham, KS
THEATER OF OPERATION: European
SERVED: Sep 3, 1942 -
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Oct 20, 1945
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HONORED BY: Daughters: Cindy Warren, Connie Corcoran, Cathy Ahlstedt

BIOGRAPHY

Dad joined the Army at Ft Leavenworth, KS. He was stationed at the following military installations: Sheppard Airfield, Wichita Falls, TX; Lockheed Air School, Burbank, Ca; Atlantic City, NJ; Standish, ME; Boston, MA; 50th Fighter Group, Iceland and England. The picture of SSgt Gilman R. Smith, was taken in 1944 at an Eighth Air Force Reconnaissance Station in England were he was an airplane mechanic. He repaired and maintained twin-engine mosquitoes; aircraft that flew lone and unarmed weather and photographic reconnaissance missions over the continent.

John J. Smith
Army Air Corps
John
J.
Smith
DIVISION: Army Air Corps,
460th FTR, Squadron
Jul 10, 1923 -
BIRTHPLACE: Graviehurst, Ont. Canada
THEATER OF OPERATION: Pacific
SERVED: Nov 1, 1942 -
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Dec 1, 1945
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HONORED BY: Wife Beverly J. Smith
Kenneth J. Smith
Navy
Kenneth
J.
Smith
DIVISION: Navy
Dec 21, 1924 - Jan 15, 2015
BIRTHPLACE: Salina, KS
THEATER OF OPERATION: Pacific
SERVED: Jan 7, 1944 -
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May 10, 1946
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HONORED BY: Wife, Louise E. Smith

BIOGRAPHY

Kenneth Joseph Smith was born in Salina, KS in 1924, the fifth child of John I. and Anna M. Smith. He attended elementary school in Monument, KS, where his parents lived on a farm at that time. In Jan 1944 he was drafted into the Navy and sent to boot camp at Farragut, Idaho. He then went to basic engineering and diesel school at Gulfport, MS and Amphibious training at Norfolk, VA. His ship's crew was formed at Norfolk and sent to Hingham, MA to pick up their new ship, the USS LST 944, at the shipyard. It was then on to the Pacific to take part in the battles for Iwo Jima and Okinawa. While returning to Saipan after three trips to Okinawa, the Japanese surrendered and the 944 was sent back to San Diego. There it was to be decommissioned since it was no longer seaworthy after being in the typhoon at Okinawa. For a short time while waiting for points to be discharged, Kenneth became part of the USS Amycus (ARL-2) crew. On May 10, 1946, he was discharged and returned to the farm south of Monument. On Nov 12, 1947, he married Louise (Stoecker) Smith. They have one son, Bernard and wife Mary, who live at Hutchinson, KS.

Norman L. Smith
Army
Norman
L.
Smith
DIVISION: Army,
101st Airborne, 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment, C Company
Jul 19, 1925 - Dec 21, 2011
BIRTHPLACE: Ames, Iowa
THEATER OF OPERATION: European
SERVED: Oct 14, 1943 -
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Jan 22, 1946
0
HONORED BY: Boone Central National Honor Society of Albion, Nebraska

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Mr. Norman L. Smith, a retired teacher, has worked extensively educating multiple generations of his experiences in World War II and continues to do so. As a respected member of our Albion community, his words have proven inspirational to countless youth. Mr. Smith resides in Albion, Nebraska, with his wife, Donna, and has two grown sons. His rank during World War II was Corporal. He served with the 101st Airborne, 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment, C Company.

Paul R. Snyder
Army
Paul
R.
Snyder
DIVISION: Army
Oct 12, 1913 - Jun 6, 1982
BIRTHPLACE: Silver Creek, Nebraska
THEATER OF OPERATION: Pacific
SERVED: Mar 28, 1941 -
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Oct 4, 1945
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HONORED BY: Niece, Becky Snyder Davis

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A Brief Biography
Paul wrote lots of letters home. The following is the last letter he wrote from Zamboangoa on Mindanao before being discharged:
Aug. 6, 1945
Dearest Mom and Pap: well I may call this my last letter from over in this part of the world but I don't know for how long I'll have to wait for my trip home but I'm almost on my way. So you really don't have to answer this letter for once�not that you would anyway�but I'm thinking your letter would miss me and may have to follow me around. Anyway, I hope to see you at least within the next few weeks but don't look for me 'cause I may be delayed, and you needn't lay off work until you see the whites of my eyes. But it's the last wait that's so hard to take and I'm rarin' to be on my way. Right now I guess Danny is home on furlough but I'm sure to miss him. Did Mackie and Les go back yet? I hope not as I'm surely looking forward to seeing them. It's surely too bad about Blanche and Deemer wrecking their car�besides getting all banged up themselves. Hope they're feeling alright again. By the way, you can have my clothes all ready for me 'cause I think they'll still fit me. They were new when I left but they may be full of moth holes by now. Anyway, if they're alright you might at least get them aired out good because I want to crawl out of my hour in the bath tub to put them on�then watch my smoke. Oh my. For 40 months I have suffered and now for just a night of the wolf�you can warn all the beautiful young gals I'm like a young bull in early spring and I'm on the loose. Well anyway, I hope to be talking to you rather than writing in a very short time so I'll close by saying I hope this is my last letter. Loads of love, Paul.

Paul R. Snyder
Army
Paul
R.
Snyder
DIVISION: Army
Oct 12, 1913 - Jun 6, 1982
BIRTHPLACE: Silver Creek, Nebraska
THEATER OF OPERATION: Pacific
SERVED: Mar 28, 1941 -
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Oct 4, 1945
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HONORED BY: Niece, Becky Snyder Davis

BIOGRAPHY

A Brief Biography
Paul wrote lots of letters home. The following is the last letter he wrote from Zamboangoa on Mindanao before being discharged:
Aug. 6, 1945
Dearest Mom and Pap: well I may call this my last letter from over in this part of the world but I don't know for how long I'll have to wait for my trip home but I'm almost on my way. So you really don't have to answer this letter for once�not that you would anyway�but I'm thinking your letter would miss me and may have to follow me around. Anyway, I hope to see you at least within the next few weeks but don't look for me 'cause I may be delayed, and you needn't lay off work until you see the whites of my eyes. But it's the last wait that's so hard to take and I'm rarin' to be on my way. Right now I guess Danny is home on furlough but I'm sure to miss him. Did Mackie and Les go back yet? I hope not as I'm surely looking forward to seeing them. It's surely too bad about Blanche and Deemer wrecking their car�besides getting all banged up themselves. Hope they're feeling alright again. By the way, you can have my clothes all ready for me 'cause I think they'll still fit me. They were new when I left but they may be full of moth holes by now. Anyway, if they're alright you might at least get them aired out good because I want to crawl out of my hour in the bath tub to put them on�then watch my smoke. Oh my. For 40 months I have suffered and now for just a night of the wolf�you can warn all the beautiful young gals I'm like a young bull in early spring and I'm on the loose. Well anyway, I hope to be talking to you rather than writing in a very short time so I'll close by saying I hope this is my last letter. Loads of love, Paul.

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