Today in Clarksburg Ohio World War II history.
March 2, 1943: Daryl Williams (pictured) is participating in basic training at Miami Beach, Florida. Ralph Junk returns to Fort Sam Houston, Texas after a 10 day furlough in Clarksburg with his wife, kids, and parents.
March 2, 1944: Glenn McPherson writes to Clarksburg High School Superintendent Pryor Timmons from the Anzio Beachhead in Italy describing some of his hardships and how he would like to be home. John Dawson returns to Clarksburg from his air field in Sioux Falls, South Dakota for a 15-day furlough. Roy Pearce is wounded in the shoulder by shrapnel near Gladbach, Germany, outside Cologne (Koln) after an enemy aircraft drops a bomb near the foxhole/outpost he was manning. Pearce was a replacement rifleman attached to F Company, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division (Big Red One).
March 2, 1945: Dale Boyer departs China in preparation for eventual separation from the Marine Corps.
March 2, 1943: Daryl Williams (pictured) is participating in basic training at Miami Beach, Florida. Ralph Junk returns to Fort Sam Houston, Texas after a 10 day furlough in Clarksburg with his wife, kids, and parents.
March 2, 1944: Glenn McPherson writes to Clarksburg High School Superintendent Pryor Timmons from the Anzio Beachhead in Italy describing some of his hardships and how he would like to be home. John Dawson returns to Clarksburg from his air field in Sioux Falls, South Dakota for a 15-day furlough. Roy Pearce is wounded in the shoulder by shrapnel near Gladbach, Germany, outside Cologne (Koln) after an enemy aircraft drops a bomb near the foxhole/outpost he was manning. Pearce was a replacement rifleman attached to F Company, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division (Big Red One).
March 2, 1945: Dale Boyer departs China in preparation for eventual separation from the Marine Corps.
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