July 30,
2008 -- Marines line up to
shake the hand of Ivan Glen
Speer, an Army veteran who
served during World War II
at Phelps dining facility
Wednesday. Speer was one of
the first 18-year-olds to be
drafted to go to war. By the
time he hit Omaha Beach,
Normandy, France, he was 19
years old, and in charge of
a M4 18-ton high-speed
tractor, which he named
“Hitler's Crawlin' Coffin”.
Photo by Cpl.
Nicole A. LaVine |