Talmage Glenn

ASN:35775740

Talmage Glenn enlisted in the United States Army on October 11, 1943. A native of Charleston, West Virginia, his registration card describes him as 6-1, light complected, brown hair, blue eyes, and 220 pounds.

PVT Glenn received his airborne training at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Completing basic training he was shipped out to the European Theatre of Operations arriving in England in early 1944.

He then joined A-Battery of the 319th Glider Field Artillery, 82nd Airborne Division, within weeks of the D-Day invasion. The 319th was bivouacked at Papillon Hall, Market Harborough, England.

Company Morning Reports were produced every morning by the individual Army units to record personnel matters. The following event(s) were reported:

April 13, 1945, Talmage Glenn appointed to Private First Class, MOS 531 - Anti-tank Gun Crewman. (see below)

Company Morning Reports

PFC Talmage Glenn fought in the following battles and campaigns: Normandy, Holland, Northern France, Ardennes and Central Europe campaigns.

The photographs below were taken of PFC Talmage Glenn during his service in the European Theater of Operations with the 319th Glider Field Artillery. Courtesy of the Glenn Family.

On April 16, 1945, the 319th was stationed in Hurth, Germany and the German Army had all but formally surrendered. To celebrate, a private banquet (see program and menu below) was given to the A-Battery enlisted men.

The officers and top NCOs would serve the troops a menu featuring “roast chicken,” assorted side dishes and cans of GI beer. Even though it was exclusively an A-Battery function, Colonel Todd, Major Silvey, and Major Wimberley were invited and took their seats with the men.

The dinner program featured some fun theatrical skits by the enlisted men. PFC Talmage Glenn was an accomplished guitarist and acted out a humorous scene in “ACT I,” of the “Sober Stringers,” alongside PFC William Lucas of Arkansas.

The US Army used the Adjusted Service Rating Score (ASR) at the end of the war to determine when soldiers were eligible for discharge.

By August, 1945, PFC Talmage Glenn was now stationed in Berlin, Germany, for occupational duty with other 319th soldiers having an ASR score of less than 85. They were housed in what had formerly been a Nazi SS barracks.

When the 82nd Airborne completed occupational duties PFC Glenn returned to the USA with his fellow A-Battery soldiers. He separated from the service December 23, 1945 and returned to civilian life.

PFC Talmage Glenn was awarded 5 Bronze Battle Stars, Bronze Arrowhead, Good Conduct Medal, the Belgian Fourragere, Presidential Unit Citation Badge, Victory Ribbon, 3 Overseas Service Bars and the European-African-Middle Eastern Theatre Ribbon.

Talmage B. Glenn, 78, died June 17, 2001

God Bless this hero.