The cost in lives was high, with more than 9,000 Allied Soldiers killed or wounded. Pfc. Reid Clanton enlisted in the U.S. Army at 18 years old, May 19, 1943. His first combat assignment in a ...

SAN ANTONIO — Pvt. 1st Class Reid Clanton returned to Fort Sam Houston after surviving the battlefields of World War II, where he was discharged with no formal recognition for his service.

“Pfc. Reid Clanton spent more than 250 days in combat across France, Belgium, Germany, and more than 90 days of direct combat in France,” said Maj. Gen. William Prendergast, deputy commanding ...

When Reid Clanton looks back on June 6, 1944, what he remembers most vividly about Omaha Beach is the sand and water. Both were red with the blood of thousands of soldiers. On D-Day, Clanton was ...

HOUSTON - The U.S Army North paid special tribute to the service of 97-year-old Reid F. Clanton, awarding him with belated medals at the Fort Sam Houston Quadrangle in Houston on Monday.