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Edward Greer was born in Gary, West Virginia, in 1924. He graduated from high school and enrolled in college, which had an ROTC field artillery unit. After a year in college, World War II broke out, and Edward and his entire college class enlisted and were put on active duty in 1943.
Greer was born and grew up in Gary, West Virginia. [1] He enrolled West Virginia State University, which had a mandatory ROTC requirement, with the intent of becoming a dentist before enlisting in the Army in 1943 after his freshman year.
E L PASO, Texas ( KTSM) — Retired Army Maj. Gen. Edward Greer, who has spent most of his retirement years in El Paso, survived three wars and growing up in a segregated United States. He...
Mar 8, 2024 · Edward Greer, a decorated veteran who served in three wars, World War II, Korea, and Vietnam, turns 100 years old on March 8, 2024, and the generals visited to celebrate the milestone.
Edward Greer enrolled at West Virginia State College, then an all-Black school, in 1942, but his education was disrupted by World War II.
Dec 17, 2023 · Greer was born 8 March 1924 in Gary, West Virginia. In 1942 he enrolled in the ROTC at West Virginia State College. In May 1943 his class was sent to Fort Sill, Oklahoma for sixteen weeks of artillery basic training.
Nov 10, 2018 · Ed Greer, born March 8, 1924, and grew up during the Great Depression near the coal mines in West Virginia. Life was not easy for anyone then. It was even more difficult for a black man.
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