Thursday, December 18, 2008

Battle of the Bulge rages for the 2nd Infantry and 82nd Airborne, Satchell returns home


Today in Clarksburg Ohio World War II history the Battle of the Bulge continues to rage in Belgium for Clarksburg soldiers engaged in the fighting...




December 18, 1944: Charlie Jobe (325th Glider Infantry Regiment, 80th Airborne Artillery Battalion, F Battery) supports 82nd Airborne ground troops with artillery fire near Spa and Liege Belgium (photo: Jobe, far left holding helmet). Willis Cleary’s convoy departs Camp Elsenborn by truck toward the front line and ultimately the small village of Berg, Belgium to form a secondary line of defense to support retreating 2nd Infantry Division troops withdrawing from the forest, twin villages (Krinkelt/Rocherath) and Wurtzfeld to regroup.

December 18, 1945: Donald Satchell’s ship docs in the United States returning from the South Pacific, following his service with the 618th Engineer base Equipment Company as a motion picture projectionist in New Guinea and Australia.

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