Clarksburg Ohio World War II personnel spreading throughout Germany in pursuit to the end of the war

March 30, 1942: Ephraim Shull enlists in the U.S. Army and eventually serves with the 58th Ordnance Ammunition Company.

March 30, 1943: Clarence Radcliff enlists in the U.S. Army and eventually serves with the 436th Combat Military Police in Europe. Gerald Bethel graduates from Great Lakes Naval Training Center in preparation for serving aboard DD-470, the USS Bache destroyer. Mert Garrison enlists in the U.S. Army and eventually serves in the 168th Field Artillery in the Pacific Theater as a heavy truck driver.

March 30, 1945: Back in the states, Robert E. Dawson (pictured) receives a promotion from Captain to Major while based in Tampa, Florida training fighter pilots. Clifford Minnix, a radio operator for the 129th AAA (Anti-Aircraft Artillery), Battery D is commended for his service in defending secured bridges and pontoon bridges along the Rhine River in Germany, from aircraft attacks while Allied forces cross the Rhine in pursuit of retreating Germans. Fred Rittenhouse, part of the 777th Tank Battalion is ordered to travel from Weinahr to Gaudenbach, Germany. All of the battalion's Sherman tanks carry infantry troops to advance more quickly on retreating German forces. Tanks biovauck in the woods near Wehrburg, Germany. Norman Trapp flies his 22nd bombing mission on targets in Bremen, Germany in B-17 44-8079 nicknamed "Janet," with the 351st Bomb Group.