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Born in Burlington, Vermont, 30 May 1900, son of Fred and Mary Drury, <em>Frederick W. Drury</em> was appointed to West Point from Nevada in 1917 and was graduated in 1918 at the age of 18. Commissioned in the Cavalry, he served in the usual Cavalry posts (including Hawaii and the Philippines) in the lean years between World Wars I and II. In World War II, he commanded the 3rd Cavalry (Mechanized) from its re-activation at Camp Gordon, Georgia, to action in France in Patton’s Third Army. Wounded and captured by the Germans near Metz, he was sent to prison camp in Poland, where he was liberated by Soviet forces in spring, 1945.</p>
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Following tours of duty in Germany and Iran, he returned to Washington where he was retired in 1953, living subsequently in northern California.</p>
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His awards include the Legion of Merit, Purple Heart with one oak leaf cluster, and the Order of the Crown, Third Degree, from the Shah of Iran.</p>
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Fred married Elisabeth Taylor VanBrunt of Kansas City in 1921. She died in 1987 and is buried with him at West Point.</p>
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This obituary is a little longer than Fred had requested, but we, his two sons, Frederick, Jr. and Richard, feel that he would understand the love and respect that go with these words.</p>