Corbin, Cecil D.

PFC Cecil D. Corbin (1916 – September 21, 1944)

10^th Infantry Regiment, 5^th Infantry Division

 By Camilo Mendoza

Early Life

Cecil D. Corbin was born in 1916, likely in Washington County in northern Florida.¹ His parents, Neal Corbin and Bertha Waldrep, married in 1913 in Chipley, FL.² Cecil had two siblings, a sister, Gladys Corbin (1914), and a brother, Earl Corbin (1917).³

Prior to his marriage with Bertha Waldrep, Neal lived with his parents, William and Rebecca Corbin, in Chipley, FL, about twenty minutes Northwest of Tallahassee. William owned a farmhouse, where Neal worked as a farmhand to help support the family, at least through 1910.⁴ Sometime between then and his marriage in 1913, Neal moved out of his parents’ home, and by June 1917, he worked as a prison guard in Murdock, FL.⁵

The Corbin family offers a compelling example of multi-generational military service during both World Wars. During World War I, Cecil’s father, Neal Corbin, enlisted on July 16, 1918. He trained at Camp Shelby, MS, before integrating into the 149th Infantry Division (ID).⁶ He left for France in October 1918 and underwent brief training in Nantes and Le Mans before his division was broken up to reinforce depleted units.⁷ Initially assigned to Company D of the 149th ID, Neal was transferred to Company M of the 163rd ID, where he served until his discharge on March 1, 1919.⁸

Neal Corbin likely separated from Bertha shortly after returning from military service, as he is listed as married at the time of his discharge.⁹ By 1920, however, Bertha and her daughter Gladys had relocated to Georgia, while Cecil and Earl lived with their grandparents, William and Rebecca Corbin, in Chipley, Florida. Their father, Neal, may have also been living there, though he does not appear on the 1920 census with his parents and sons. The family worked on the farm, with William and his three older sons cultivating the land and their grandmother, Rebecca, likely taking care of Cecil and Earl. ¹⁰

In 1930, Cecil and Earl still lived with their grandparents, but only one of their uncles lived at home. Both boys attended school.¹¹ In 1935, their living situation changed again when William Corbin passed away on February 12, 1935. Cecil, Earl, and their grandmother, Rebecca, then moved to Lynn Haven, FL, to live with Neal and his new wife, Lizzie. The relocation, combined with the country’s ongoing struggles during the Great Depression, likely led Cecil to stop his education after eighth grade, and Earl after sixth grade. The two brothers began working as farmhands, much like their father before them.¹² Finally, in January 1937, Cecil and Earl both enlisted in the US Army.¹³

Military Service

 From January to March 1937, Cecil and Earl trained at Fort McClellan, AL, which became one of the largest American military bases during World War II and trained around half a million troops for the war.¹⁴ On March 4, the brothers concluded their training and boarded the USS Chateau Thierry, named for one of the US battles in France in World War I, which took them to the Panama Canal.¹⁵ The Panama Canal Zone was, and still is, the only maritime route between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans near the equator, preventing ships from having to sail around the tip of South America.

The Panama Canal stands as a symbol of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century US imperialism in Latin America. Count Ferdinand de Lesseps led the French company that dug the Suez Canal. But, with only a third excavated, costs had already doubled, and by 1889, the project came to a halt with the French company filing for bankruptcy. Beginning in 1902, the US took over its construction, and ran into trouble when it had to purchase land from Colombia.¹⁶ With the Hay-Herrán Treaty of 1903, the US offered Colombia ten million dollars in gold and annual payments of $250,000 afterwards. While US and Colombian representatives signed the treaty, the Colombian Congress did not ratify it, demanding more money. But, in November 1903, Panama declared its independence from Colombia, and in exchange for US support, Panama granted the US ownership of the canal and the right to intervene to maintain order.¹⁷

In 1936, US foreign policy shifted. While President Theodore Roosevelt’s “big stick” diplomacy secured US ownership of the canal, President Franklin Roosevelt’s Good Neighbor policy favored peaceful cooperation with regional governments over intimidation.¹⁸ While the policy aimed for non-intervention, the US still intervened in Latin American politics when strategically beneficial, applying it inconsistently across the region. As the US moved away from imperialist policies in South America, National Socialist Germany broke the terms of the Versailles Treaty and began openly rebuilding Germany’s military. Memories of the Zimmerman Telegram, in which Germany promised US land to Mexico during World War I, fueled fears that the Axis might target the Canal Zone.¹⁹ As a result, in 1936, the US reinforced the canal, deploying more troops, including the Corbin brothers, and expanding transportation lines to secure its control.

Cecil’s and Earl’s responsibilities while at the Canal Zone included protecting US shipping interests and the Canal from possible attacks. Once hostilities began in 1939, the US Congress invested $50 million into the Canal Zone to protect US shipping and prepare in case the war, led by numerous imperial powers, spilled into the Western hemisphere. In addition to increasing the number of US soldiers in the area, funds improved infrastructure like runways for heavy bombers and increased security measures in the Zone.²⁰ Cecil and Earl served for three years at the Panama Canal before returning to Chipley, FL by April 1939.²¹ Shortly after their return, Cecil married Ola Seay on May 29, 1939.²² Cecil, his wife, and Earl stayed in Florida for about a year until the brothers returned to active service in the Army in March 1940.²³

The brothers were likely stationed at Ft. Brady for less than a year before transferring to Ft. Custer in southern Michigan, where Cecil joined the 10th Infantry Regiment (IR) of the 5th Infantry Division (ID), also known as the Red Diamond Division, based on their unit patch.²⁵ The Division trained for winter warfare to prepare for European conditions and a possible deployment to Iceland.²⁶ The 5th ID stayed in Michigan until December 1940, then moved to New York until it departed the US and arrived in Iceland on September 16, 1941.²⁷

Even before the US entered World War II, Iceland’s US representative, Vilhjalmr Thor, asked, in July 1941, for the State Department to place Iceland under US protection according to the Monroe Doctrine.²⁸ Though considered outdated by 1941, the 1823 Doctrine provided a diplomatic loophole for the US to protect British interests while also maintaining neutrality.²⁹ The British occupied Iceland until the US took control later that year. The US relieved the British Army to free up 20,000 troops for combat, providing much-needed reinforcements as Britain suffered heavy losses in the early years of the war.³⁰

On August 9, 1943, Cecil’s 5th ID redeployed to England for advanced training and then moved to Northern Ireland for additional preparations. Subsequently, the 5th ID crossed the British Channel to France after the Battle for Normandy. Cecil and his Division arrived at Utah Beach in Normandy on July 9, 1944 about one month into the Battle for Normandy which began on June 6, 1944. Upon its arrival on French soil, Cecil’s 5th ID was assigned to the First Army, and on July 13, 1944, it relieved the 1st ID at Caumont-sur-Orne, in the region of Calvados, twenty miles south of the city of Caen in Normandy. The Allies used Caumont as a defensive position, and the 5th ID saw little combat there until July 21, when a German platoon attacked the town. Two days after this attack, the British army took control of the Caumont sector, and Cecil’s 5th ID traveled twenty-six miles west, in the direction of St. Lô, to attack the town of Vidouville.³¹

By July 26, Cecil and the rest of the 10th attacked the Southwest region of Vidouville. They fought all morning on July 30 to capture Hill 183. After successfully overcoming the Germans and repelling their counterattack, the 10th secured the line of departure for other 5th ID regiments to attack the following morning, which ultimately won the battle. The Allies captured Vidouville on July 31, 1944.³²

On August 4, 1944, after the Allied victory at Vidouville, Cecil’s 5th ID fell under the command of Lieutenant-General George Patton’s Third Army and headed Southeast.³³ On August 7, 1944, it reached the outskirts of Angers, a strategic city with bridges over the Maine and Loire Rivers. On the morning of August 8, the 2nd regiment of the 5th ID went Northwest of Nantes to contain any German forces from moving North or East. That night, the 11th regiment, also of the 5th ID, met heavy resistance in front of the Prunier railway bridge, the last remaining bridge over the Maine River. The Germans attempted to destroy the bridge, triggering brutal combat, but failed to stop the advancing Allied forces.³⁴ On August 10, Cecil’s 10th attacked the city from the north and, at full strength, overwhelmed the Germans. In the aftermath of the battle, the troops discovered a large stockpile of alcohol hoarded by the Germans. They turned it into their company kitchen and enjoyed it with their meal.³⁵

To advance swiftly, the 5th ID and its infantry regiments kept a pace of fifty to ninety miles a day, traveling only with their essentials. Cecil and his combat comrades lived off K-rations, while the Army repurposed their kitchen and supply trucks to haul troops. Soldiers packed vehicles like tanks, occupying any available space to move faster through the campaign.³⁶ After Angers, Cecil and the 5th ID continued their drive 135 miles eastward toward Chartres. They captured the city on August 19th, then continued their advance sixty-five miles east to Fontainebleau. The Division’s progress was finally slowed down during the closing days of August when gasoline shortages began to create a major issue.³⁷

The supply chain struggled to keep pace with the Third Army’s rapid advances. Meanwhile, in early September, the First Army, moving north, began its attack on Antwerp, Belgium, pulling all available resources there.³⁸ As a result, the 5th ID became stranded in Verdun. This disruption in the supply chain proved costly. As Cecil and the Red Diamond Division approached Metz, a fortified city fifty miles east of Verdun, German soldiers initially fled. When the Allied advance stalled, however, the Germans returned, strengthened their defense, and forced the 5th ID to endure two months of grueling combat in the mud. This delay ultimately made crossing the Moselle River even more costly.³⁹

Metz, considered unconquerable, challenged Cecil’s 5th ID with its network of heavily fortified positions. A first attempt to take the city began on September 16 and lasted until October 16, with the 5th ID playing a key role.⁴⁰ To prepare for the attack without access to Allied supply lines, soldiers siphoned fuel from supply vehicles, ensuring the 5th ID could cross the Moselle and establish a bridgehead near Fort Driant. German forces relentlessly bombed the Allied positions, inflicting heavy American losses.⁴¹ Cecil died on September 21, likely while protecting the bridgehead as the fight raged on, during this first assault of Metz.⁴² The division held its ground under constant fire until the 95th ID relieved it on October 20.⁴³

Legacy

PFC Cecil D. Corbin was first buried at the Limey temporary cemetery in the city of Toul, not far from his final resting place at the Lorraine American Cemetery in St. Avold.⁴⁴ On December 13, 1944, the 5th ID finally captured Metz, which had not fallen from a direct assault since A.D. 451. The 5th ID went on to fight at the Battle of the Bulge, or the Second Battle of the Ardennes, the last major German offensive against the Allies in the winter of 1944-1945. Afterwards, the 5th ID headed northeast, traveled through the Sauer River, and penetrated the Siegfried Line, Germany’s main defensive line along its western border.⁴⁵

The men of the 5th ID achieved remarkable feats during World War II, and memorials along the path they cut across Europe commemorate the soldiers’ bravery and sacrifice.

One such memorial stands in Corny-sur-Moselle,   honoring those who lost their lives while crossing the Moselle River to liberate eastern France, including Cecil Corbin.⁴⁶

Cecil served his country in Florida, Panama, Iceland, England, and France after enlisting in 1937. For his service, Cecil was awarded a Purple Heart and Bronze Star.⁴⁷ After World War II, the US created permanent cemeteries in Allied countries for its soldiers who died liberating Europe. The cemetery established in St. Avold, France, primarily honored soldiers who fell during the Lorraine and Alsace campaigns, including those who died during the Battle of Metz. Cecil was likely reinterred in the late 1940s from his temporary grave in the Limey Cemetery to be laid to rest permanently in St. Avold, at the Lorraine American Cemetery, Section J, Row 34, Grave 18.⁴⁸

The Pensacola News Journal reported Cecil’s death on November 9, 1944, which means his family may not have learned about his death for more than a month.⁴⁹ On May 29, 1947, Lynn Haven, Cecil’s hometown, announced plans to establish a memorial, sponsored by the Veterans Club of Lynn Haven and the Lynn Haven Garden Club, to honor local Veterans who had made the “supreme sacrifice.” Cecil is among the seven Veterans it recognizes.⁵⁰

While Cecil and Earl served in Europe, their father, Neal, and stepmother, Lizzie, remained in Lynn Haven, FL. During the 1940s, Neal likely struggled to recover financially from the Great Depression. He held various jobs throughout the decade, working as a grocery store clerk at Teagues Groceries, as a grave registrar marking and surveying fellow World War I Veterans’ graves under the Works Progress Administration, and as a carpenter’s helper.⁵¹ By the 1950s, Neal returned to working at a prison.⁵² Cecil’s stepmother, Lizzie, passed away on February 2, 1969, and Neal followed her seven years later, on January 7, 1976. Both are buried in Rock Hill Church Cemetery in Chipley, FL, where the Corbin family members have stayed most of their lives.⁵³

Cecil’s mother, Bertha, later remarried Thomas Milam, with whom she had two daughters and a son. She passed away on January 22, 1980, and is buried in Manchester, GA.⁵⁴ Cecil’s sister, Gladys, married Aubrey William Williamson, and together had at least two sons, Eugene and Jerry.⁵⁵ Although Gladys moved away from her brothers early in life with their mother, she maintained some contact with the Corbin family. In 1976, she was listed as the informant on her father’s death certificate. Gladys passed away on July 11, 2006, and is buried with her husband in Upson Memorial Garden in Thomaston, GA.⁵⁶

His brother Earl survived the war and served in the Army for eight more years.⁵⁷ During his service in World War II, he received a Purple Heart, a Bronze Star, a Silver Star.⁵⁸ In 1946, he married Gladys Price in Dothan, AL. She had two daughters from a previous marriage, and together they had a son.⁵⁹ Earl worked for the US Army in the medical field and later moved to Richmond, GA.⁶⁰ He served again during the Korean War before returning to Dothan. On November 25, 1976, Earl passed away from an illness at Lyster Army Hospital at Ft. Rucker, AL (now Ft. Novosel).⁶¹ Both Earl and Cecil Corbin served their country with honor.

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¹ “United States Census, 1920”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNB6-BML : Sun Mar 10 2024), Entry for William P Corbin and Rebecah Corbin, 1920.

² “Florida, County Marriages, 1830-1957,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24W-YDJL: 17 October 2017), Neal Corbin and Bertha Waldrep, Bonifay, Holmes, Florida, United States.

³ ”Headstone Inscription and Internment Records,” database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com: accessed April 28, 2025), entry for Earl H. Corbin, service number RA6399419; “Gladys Corbin Williamson,” Find a Grave, accessed May 07,2025, https://fr.findagrave.com/memorial/164975148/gladys-williamson.

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¹⁰  The 1920 census lists a 30-year-old son named Thad N. living with the Corbin family. This is likely Neal Corbin, as the 1900 census records him as “Neal T.” when he was 10 years old. That same record also shows he had only one older sibling, a sister two years his senior, supporting the conclusion that Thad N. and Neal are the same person.  “1920 United States Federal Census” Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com: accessed April 27, 2023), entry for Cecil D. Corbin, Midway, Washington, Florida; “1900 United States Federal Census” Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com: accessed May 20, 2025), entry for Neal Corbin; “1920 United States Federal Census” Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com, accessed April 27, 2023), entry for Bertha Waldrep, LaGrange, Troupe, Georgia.

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⁶¹ “Earl Corbin”, The Dothan Eagle (Dothan, AL), November 28, 1976, https://www.newspapers.com/image/980284262/