Lieutenant Edwin A. Perry served as a Platoon Leader, A Company Commander and later as a Battalion S-2 with the 39th Infantry Regiment in North Africa and Europe during World War II. Some of his other assignments include Executive Officer, Army Security Agency, Arlington Hall Station; Assistant Secretary of the Staff, SHAPE, France; Chairman, Map Reading Committee, United States Army Infantry School. | Lieutenant Colonel Perry is a graduate of the Army Indoctrination School, the Infantry Officer Advanced Course and the Command and General Staff College.| His awards and decorations include: the Bronze Star Medal w/4 Oak Leaf Clusters, the Purple Heart w/2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Combat Infantryman Badge and the Glider Badge.