GREINER – CombatVets Network

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Personal Details

Last Name: GREINER
First Name Middle Initial: HOWARD W
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Street: 100 HWY 34 E.
Country &State:
City: ALBIA, IA
State:
Postal Code: 52531
Phone: 1 800 728-4286
E-Mail:
Spouse: LOIS (Deased)
Age when entered service:
Age first entered:
War or Conflict: WW II
Theater of operations: ETO
Year:
Branch of Service/s: Army Air Corp
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Date of Discharge / Retirement (circle):
Highest Rank: new_value
Military MOS (Job Descriptions): PILOT
What military medals received: PURPLE HEART, ETO RIBBON

Military Bio:

“Flying High In Iowa “ is the history of an IOWA farm boy. What life was during the depression. A pilot flying a B-24 Bomber in World War II. Shot down over Germany and Prisoner of War. Marrying the “love of his life” whom he met while stationed in Wyoming. Farmed, operated numerous companies, imported cattle, went broke lost everything, started all over again. Raising special handicapped child, lost his “love” to breast cancer. Starting life again with new friends and new things. Author is 76 years young and wrote the book the way he lived it. To order your copy, send $24.95 Plus $2.50 Shipping to Indian Hills Pub. 100 HWY 34 E. Albia, IA 52531 or call 1 800 728-4286. Internet Order WWW.ALBIA.com

My Message to Future Generations:

Post Military Occupation

Age when captured: 21
Date of Captured: 03/06/45
Place captured: GERMANY
Camp/s held: STALAG 1, OBER-URSEL
Date Released: 05/04/45
Prisoner-of-war status: Liberated
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