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Positive News from Mtn View VFW Post 3009
Posted at 07:33 PM on Wednesday, January 27, 2010 by Post 3009
Glen Scaggs is on the left and Larry Clyburn is on the right. Both men are veterans from Ellsinore,MO and as soon as we can obtain their DD-214's from St Louis they will become members of Post 3009 in Mountain View. Glen is a Marine Corps veteran from both World War II and the Korean War. During the invasion of Okinawa he was severely wounded in both legs while a member of Fox Company First Marine Regiment. During the Korean War Glen was a member of Golf Company Seventh Marine Regiment. Larry Clyburn served in Vietnam with the Navy. Larry owns The Log Cabin Restaurant on the south side of Hwy 60 in Ellsinore and has provided considerable assistance to veterans in his community.
James Lawson of Elsinore, MO is a new member of Post 3009 in Mountain View and appears in the picture with Bill Moriarty, Post 3009 Service Officer and District 18 Surgeon. James is a World War II veteran who landed on Utah Beach as a gunner on a Tank Destroyer with the 814th Tank Destroyer Battalion 7th Armored Division. James participated in the fighting in France, Belgium and Holland and in the Battle of the Bulge at St Vith, Belgium. James crossed the Rhine River at Remagen and was on the Baltic Sea when the war ended. James was awarded the Bronze Star Medal in November 1944 and the Purple Heart in January 1945.
Both Glen and James's military records appear to have been destroyed in the 1973 fire at the National Personnel Records Center and a maximum effort is being made to recover sufficient information to assist with their claims with the Veterans Administration.
Info provided by Bill Moriarty.
Info provided by Bill Moriarty.
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