People – Salutes

Last updated on Dec 9, 2020

I need t do some additional research on these two.  Everyone has to agree, they made our world a warmer place to be in.

This photo, taken in March 1945, in Italy, shows 2nd Lt Edward C. Gleed (Lawrence, Kansas) in front of a P-51D Mustang named "Creamer's Dream".

As a proud member of the Tuskegee Airmen, Edward bravely confronted German forces, and fought for our freedom in the skies. Following the war, he continued to serve his beloved country and retired from the military in 1970 with the rank of Colonel. Edward then attended Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles and graduated with a Juris Doctorate Degree.

This true American hero passed away on January 25, 1990, and is now resting in peace, next to his wife Lucille, at Riverside National Cemetery in California.

Did you know that approximately 25,000 Native Americans fought in World War II? Louis Lucky Cloud was one of these men.

Cloud, pictured below at age 84, was a warrior in the tradition of his grandfather, Pax-an-'pín, whose Yakama name he took for his own.

Drafted in 1943, Cloud served as an 82nd Airborne Division Paratrooper. On June 6, 1944, he was among the Paratroopers who jumped into Normandy and seized St. Mere Eglise. Cloud went on to serve in five major campaigns, including Operation Market-Garden in Holland and the Battle of the Bulge. Among his many medals are the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart.

After the war, Cloud returned home and served as a councilman on the Yakama Nation Tribal Council where he fought for tribal fishing and other treaty rights.

In 2007, Cloud passed away at the age of 87.