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Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless .32 ACP serial
number 569976
- U.S. Property marked pistol with original parkerized finish, issued
to Brigadier General Ralph Irvin Glasgow on 14 March
1951 and returned to RIA on 3 May 1951. Pistol has
ordnance wheel stamped on the left side of the frame, to
the right of the thumb safety.
Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless .32 ACP serial number
569976
- U.S. Property marked pistol with original parkerized finish, issued
to Brigadier General Ralph Irvin Glasgow on 14 March
1951. (right side)
Rock Island Arsenal Index card (front side) for Colt 1903 Pocket
Hammerless .32 ACP sn 569976 issued to Brigadier General Ralph
Glasgow on March 14, 1951 while he was stationed in Fort Myer.
Virginia.
Rock Island Arsenal Index card (rear side) for Colt 1903 Pocket
Hammerless .32 ACP sn 569976 issued to Brigadier General Ralph
Glasgow documenting that it was returned to RIA on May 3, 1951.
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Legion of Merit
Citation:
Action Date: 1942 - 1943
Service: Army
Rank: Colonel
GENERAL ORDERS:
United States Military Academy Register of Graduates
CITATION:
(Citation Needed) - SYNOPSIS: Colonel (Coast
Artillery Corps) Ralph Irvin Glasgow, United States
Army, was awarded the Legion of Merit for
exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance
of outstanding services to the Government of the
United States at the New York Port of Embarkation
from 1942 to 1943. |
Brigadier General Ralph Irvin Glasgow
February 15, 1901 - August 29, 1982
Ralph Irvin Glasgow was admitted to the United States Military
Academy from Idaho in 1920 and graduated in the class of 1924.
[Source: United States Military Academy, Howitzer Yearbook, Class of
1924]
Brigadier General Ralph Irvin Glasgow
Services for Ralph I. Glasgow, a retired brigadier general in the
Army, will be held at 11 a.m. tomorrow at the chapel at Fort Myer,
Va.
Mr. Glasgow, who was 81 and lived in Washington, died Sunday of
leukemia at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, in Washington,
He retired from the Army in 1956 as the military attaché at the U.S.
Embassy in London.
Born in Omaha and raised in Twin Falls, Idaho, he served as an
officer in the Army following his graduation form the U.S. Military
Academy in 1924.
His decorations included the Legion of Merit.
After his retirement from the Army, he worked for the National
Academy of Sciences and a trucking company before becoming secretary
and business manager of the Armed Services Communications and
Electronics Association, from which he retired in 1967.
He was active in Washington in the American Legion, the Army-Navy
Club and the Metropolitan Memorial United Methodist Church.
His first wife, the former Mary Osborne, died in 1952.
He is survived by his wife, the former Virginia Tischbien; two sons,
Ralph I. Glasgow, Jr., of Severna Park, and Robert E. Glasgow, of
Cape Coral, Fla.; a stepdaughter, Sally Rigopoulos, of Venice,
Italy; a sister, Mrs. J.C. Keys, of Trona, Calif.; nine
grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.
[Source: The Evening Sun (Baltimore, Maryland), 1 Sep 1982]
Brigadier General Ralph Irvin Glasgow
Birth Date: 02/15/1901
Death Date: 08/29/1982
Interment Date: 09/02/1982
Branch of Service: US ARMY
Section: 3
Grave: 3893-A-B
Photo Credit: Arlington Cemetery
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