Johnson sails for North Africa as Minser arrives, Delbert Boyer serving with 466th Bomb Group

Happy New Year! On New Year’s Day in Ohio World War II history, Clarksburg Ohio residents continue a busy schedule.

January 1, 1943: Dwight Willis transfers from Atlantic City, NJ to Camp Kilmer, N.J. Franklin Johnson departs the Unites States for overseas duty sailing for North Africa. Richard Minser's parents receive word that he arrived safely in North Africa and is based in Casablanca.

January 1, 1944: Amos Morris completes basic training at Great Lakes Naval Training Center. Delbert Boyer writes a note to Frank Carroll in Clarksburg explaining his new role as a ground crew member for the 466th Bomb Group in Alamagordo, NM. Merrill Hughes returns home on furlough to visit his family. Willis Cleary is briefly admitted into an Irish hospital and alerts wife and family back home that he was discharged and back with his unit.

January 1, 1945: John Haynes is assigned to Camp Wolters, Texas with C Company, 62nd Battalion, 2nd Platoon.

January 1, 1946: Cecil Richardson's ship docks in the United States.