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__VXtfAJJIE 5m GLEN ALAMO SCOUT IN NEW -GUINEA AN D LUZONA letter received by Mr. and Mrs. JLerov Heryford. 120 West Duryea avenue, reads as follows:With the 33rd Division on Luzon: Sgt. Glen L. Heryforlt;J, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Heryford, 120 West Duryea avenue, Peoria Heights, Is reconnaissance troop in the liberation of Luzon. Sergeant Heryford, awarded the Purple Heart at Wakde-Toem in New Guinea, has been awarded the Oak Leaf Cluster. ~Heryford was with the Recon spearhead that led the Infantry to capture Nagutllian on the road to Baguio when he was wounded b/ bursts from a machine gun. In this' drive to Naguilian his jeep was temporarily knockeel out By large pieces of shrapnel, but in turn the jeep crew killed three Japs, one an officer.Heryford was one of the first American soldiers to contact guerrilla units in San Fernando, an im-portant harbor city on Luzon’s west coast. While scouting the road to San Fernando, enemy mortar and machine gun fire was encountered and returned by the sergeant’s platoon with the support of artillery. Fifty dead Japs were counted the next morning by advancing troopsIn a dismounted operation in the mountainous terrain, five miles southeast of Baguio, Heryford’s platoon underwent a fierce night Banzai attack. In the face of a superior number of the enemy and a hail -of mortars, grenade, and machine-gun fire, the platoon doggedly held ^positions throughout thenight.'WITH “Hlamo Scouts^ * —1“He entered the Army in March 1942, and went overseas with the Kecon troop to the Center Pacific ~in July rST*3.* K£-received intensive jungle ^training in Oahu and then went to New Guinea where he volunteered for the Alamo Scouts.While a Scout he worked exclusively behind the enemy lines in Hol-landia and at Wakde-Toem to observe Japanese activity and to lay ambushes for enemy patrols.. Heryford then rejoined the Recon troop to take part in the Becond battle of Morotai, Vn the Moluccas islands. — Heryford iKV'^radnate jrf-Mantial Training High school where 'he was active all four years in football. Before entering the Army he was working at the Crown liquor store. His wife Betty, is managing their B G grocery store, at 600 Blaine st. Heryford intends to enter medical school after the war is over in the Pacific.
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Peoria Heights Herald
Peoria Heights, Illinois, US
Fri, Jun 01, 1945
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