Buchenwald Standort-Kantine concentration camp scrip, 1 Reichsmark, acquired by a US soldier

Glenn Howard Burghardt was born on July 9, 1919, in Jamestown, New York, to Frank and Lydia Kenyon Burghardt. Glenn graduated from Lockport High School in 1938 and enlisted in the United States Army the next year. Glenn's first station was Schofield Barracks in O'ahu, Hawaii, the mobile defense station for the island and the naval base at Pearl Harbor. On December 7, 1941, Glenn watched as Japanese planes flew over on their way to bomb Pearl Harbor. In 1942, he was selected to attend Quartermaster Officer Candidate School. That May, Glenn was assigned to the 78th Division at Camp Buckner in North Carolina. He met Shirley Harton and they married on August 7, 1943. The couple would have three children. Glenn transferred to the Corps of Engineers. In March 1944, he was deployed overseas. He was part of the invasion force that landed in France on D-day in June 1944. Glenn served in combat across Europe through the end of the war on May 7, 1945. He was awarded a Purple Heart in the action at Pearl Harbor. Glenn was placed on occupation duty and returned stateside on August 10, 1945. He served in the National Guard and Army Reserves for over thirty years, and retired with the rank of Major. Glenn studied accounting and was a bookkeeper and auditor for Abney Mills, until his retirement after thirty years, in 1982. He was a member of the Main Street United Methodist Church. Glenn, 92, passed away in September 2011.