Today in Ohio World War II history, Clarksburg Ohio’s Roy Hawkins is cut off and surrounded by Germans.
January 7, 1944: Eugene Overly departs the U.S. bound for England. Paul McCormick is newly based at a New Orleans hospital.
January 7, 1945: Don Garrison in France, writes home and suggests setting up a community center in Clarksburg for the boys to go to and socialize after the war. Roy Hawkins, part of the 463rd Anti-Aircraft Artillery is fiercely attacked by three German army divisions, including the 21st Panzer Division at their positions near Hatton and Rittershoffen, Germany.
January 7, 1946: Cecil Southward and Sam Saxour are discharged from the U.S. Army.
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