EL PASO, Texas ( KTSM ) – Retired in the Sun City since 1976, retired Army Maj. Gen. Edward Greer will be turning 100 years old next month on March 8.
As Greer approaches a new milestone, our KTSM crew sat with him to reflect on his distinguished military career.
“A sense of cooperation, brotherhood, advancement because it was a long, long march from 31st of May 1948 when I graduated from college, to December 9, 1977 when I retired,” he said during an interview at his home in Northeast El Paso.
Born and raised in West Virginia, Greer first enlisted in the Army during World War ll, where he served in a field artillery battalion.
Discharged after the war ended, he went back to college and graduated from West Virginia State College in 1948, before returning to the Army. In his 31 years of service, he would also serve in the Korean and Vietnam wars.
“I would say maybe one was a gentleman’s war and the other was hell,” Greer said about the difference between Korea and Vietnam. “It was a whole lot different from Korea. You could at least drive some of the roads in your area safely but that was not the case in Vietnam.”