[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 99 (Tuesday, July 17, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Page S7804]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  TRIBUTE TO LT. GEN. HENRY T. GLISSON

 Mr. ALLEN. Mr. President, I rise today to honor a lifetime 
commitment to serving the United States of America. On August 31, 2001, 
Lt. Gen. Henry T. Glisson of Alexandria, Virginia, will retire as a 
Lieutenant General after 34 years of dedicated service in the United 
States Army.
  General Glisson was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant of the 
Quartermaster Corps through the Reserve Officer Training Corps program 
at North Georgia College, where he earned his bachelor of science 
degree in Psychology. Thereafter, he received his master's degree in 
Education from Pepperdine University of California. His military 
educational background includes the Quartermaster Officer Basic and 
Advanced Courses, the Command and General Staff College, and the Army 
War College.
  Selected as a Regular Army Officer in 1967, and detailed to the 
Infantry for 18 months, his early years included assignment as a 
Platoon Leader for the 549th Quartermaster Company, Air Delivery, and 
Aide-de-Camp for the Commanding General of the U.S. Army in Japan; 
Advisory in the U.S. Military Assistance Command in Vietnam; and S4, 
Logistics, and Commander of the Headquarters Company of the 2nd 
Battalion of the 5th Infantry; Commander of Company C of the 425th 
Support Battalion; Executive Officer/S3 of the 25th Supply and 
Transport Battalion.
  From 1978 to 1982, he served as the S3 of the Division Support 
Command; Executive Officer of 701st Maintenance Battalion; and 
Commander of the Materiel Management Center of the 1st Infantry 
Division in Fort Riley, Kansas. His next assignment was Commander of 
the 87th Maintenance Battalion of the 7th Support Group for the United 
States Army in Europe. He served as Chief of the Quartermaster Branch 
of the United States Army Military Personnel Command in Alexandria, 
Virginia, from 1985 to 1987.
  In 1989 he became Commander of Division Support Command for the 4th 
Infantry Division in Fort Carson, Colorado. He returned to the Pentagon 
in 1991, serving as the Executive Officer and Special Assistant to the 
Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics; and then as Deputy Director, 
Directorate for Plans and Operations in the Office of the Deputy Chief 
of Staff for Logistics. In 1993, he was promoted to Brigadier General 
and has served in four consecutive command assignments: Commander of 
the Defense Personnel Support Center for the Defense Logistics Agency; 
Commander of the U.S. Army Soldier Systems Command of the U.S. Army 
Materiel Command; and 44th Quartermaster General and Commandant of the 
U.S. Army Quartermaster Center and School. In 1997, he was promoted to 
Lieutenant General and began his service as Director of the Defense 
Logistics Agency in Fort Belvoir, Virginia.
  His tireless and selfless dedication to serving his country is 
represented by the many decorations he has earned, including the 
Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Superior Service 
Medal, the Legion of Merit with Five Oak Leaf Clusters, the Bronze Star 
with ``V'' Device, the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart, the Meritorious 
Service Medal with Four Oak Leaf Clusters, the Army Commendation Medal, 
the Air Medal, the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Parachutist Badge, the 
Parachute Rigger Badge and the Army Staff Identification Badge.
  In closing, I wish to commend General Glisson for his many years of 
distinguished service to our Nation, protecting our freedoms of life, 
liberty and the pursuit of happiness. I wish him and his wife, Sherry, 
Godspeed in his retirement.

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