Today in Ohio Military History: Clarksburg Ohio's World War II veterans continue their move toward VE and VJ-Day!
March 28, 1942: Charlie Jobe enlists in the U.S. Army and is later assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division, 325th Glider Infantry Regiment, 80th Airborne Artillery Battalion. Harry Holloway enlists in the U.S. Army and is eventually assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division, 325th Glider Infantry Regiment, H Company at Fort Thomas, KY. Holloway is later awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action in Normandy (June 1944).
March 28, 1944: Cecil Southward departs the U.S. bound for England to serve as a Heavy Truck Driver in the 693rd Engineer Equipment Company. Charles Williams enlists in the U.S. Army at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana.
March 28, 1945: Jack Ater (pictured) and the 97th Infantry Division cross into Germany for the first time near the border city of Aachen, Germany. John Peck completes 600 hours of flight time over the Hump in a C-46 Commando as a radio operator and is awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. Richard Minser Receives a promotion from Staff Sergeant to 2nd Lieutenant while based in Southern France with his railway engineering group.
March 28, 1946: Robert Chenault Ships arrives the United States from the CIB Theater.
March 28, 1944: Cecil Southward departs the U.S. bound for England to serve as a Heavy Truck Driver in the 693rd Engineer Equipment Company. Charles Williams enlists in the U.S. Army at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana.
March 28, 1945: Jack Ater (pictured) and the 97th Infantry Division cross into Germany for the first time near the border city of Aachen, Germany. John Peck completes 600 hours of flight time over the Hump in a C-46 Commando as a radio operator and is awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. Richard Minser Receives a promotion from Staff Sergeant to 2nd Lieutenant while based in Southern France with his railway engineering group.
March 28, 1946: Robert Chenault Ships arrives the United States from the CIB Theater.
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