Today in Clarksburg, Ohio World War II history:
December 29, 1942: Kenneth Dean's troopship docks in North Africa.
December 29, 1943: Clifford Minnix departs the U.S. bound for the European Theater serving as a radio operator in Battery D, 129th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion. Don Garrison writes his parents from Camp Pickett, Virginia detailing his rigid training in the desert alongside the 81st Division as well as landing craft training in Florida. John Kirkwood Sr. writes a note to the men at the Chillicothe Paper Company (Mead Paper) thanking them for their donation of cigarettes to the soldiers in Italy.
December 29, 1945: Dwight Willis is discharged from the Army Air Force.
Monday, December 29, 2008
Dean arrives North Africa, Minnix departs U.S. for the ETO, Garrison describes training to parents
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