Today in Ohio Military History: Spotlight on Clarksburg Ohio WWII veterans on April 1, 1941-1945.
April 1, 1941: Bob Dawson enlists in the U.S. Army Air Corps and eventually serves as a P-39 Cobra fighter Pilot with the 54th Fighter Group, 42nd Fighter Squadron.
April 1, 1943: Don Harmount enrolls at Fenn College and is promoted from Staff Sergeant to Technical Sargeant. Kenneth Ater receives a promotion to Sergeant while based in North Africa with the 2622nd Ordnance Transportation Company. Ralph Richardson is training at Camp Lee , Virginia with the 11th Quartermaster Group, G Company. Roger Bryant is based in India. William Bochard is serving in the Pacific Theater as a radio operator in the 6th Army's 99th Signal Battalion.
April 1, 1944: Willis Cleary and the entire 23rd Infantry Regiment and 38th Infantry Regiment's of the 2nd Infantry Division are present in Armagh, Ireland (Cleary pictured right in the doorway of his quonset hut in Armagh) when General George Patton gives a fiery speech to the regiments in preparation for the Normandy Invasion.
April 1, 1945 (Easter Sunday): Albert Willis writes home to let his parents know he has been in a Red Cross hospital in New Guinea for six weeks recovering from a foot wound. Gerald Bethel aboard the U.S. Destroyer - the USS Bache (DD-470) arrives off the coast of Okinawa to perform "screening" and "Pickett Duty". Howard Fay, aboard the LST #221 is involved in the assault and occupation of Okinawa as well. Ralph Hawkins, aboard the USS Stack also arrives Okinawa on assault day and provides anti-sub and anti-aircraft patrolling, are in the process are attacked by Japanese aircraft. Hoyt Graham's aircraft departs the Pacific Theater bound for the United States. Robert Templin returns to Ohio following 18 months of service aboard a submarine chaser based on Trinadad Island. William Bochard is released from a hospital in the Philippiines after an extended illness and a month of hospitalization. Willis Cleary departs Grenzhausen, Germany by truck and arrives Waldeck, Germany after a 140 mile drive. K Company men stay in the Westalennor Hotel.
April 1, 1946: Howard Betts is discharged from the U.S. Army at Camp Atterbury, IN.
April 1, 1943: Don Harmount enrolls at Fenn College and is promoted from Staff Sergeant to Technical Sargeant. Kenneth Ater receives a promotion to Sergeant while based in North Africa with the 2622nd Ordnance Transportation Company. Ralph Richardson is training at Camp Lee , Virginia with the 11th Quartermaster Group, G Company. Roger Bryant is based in India. William Bochard is serving in the Pacific Theater as a radio operator in the 6th Army's 99th Signal Battalion.
April 1, 1944: Willis Cleary and the entire 23rd Infantry Regiment and 38th Infantry Regiment's of the 2nd Infantry Division are present in Armagh, Ireland (Cleary pictured right in the doorway of his quonset hut in Armagh) when General George Patton gives a fiery speech to the regiments in preparation for the Normandy Invasion.
April 1, 1945 (Easter Sunday): Albert Willis writes home to let his parents know he has been in a Red Cross hospital in New Guinea for six weeks recovering from a foot wound. Gerald Bethel aboard the U.S. Destroyer - the USS Bache (DD-470) arrives off the coast of Okinawa to perform "screening" and "Pickett Duty". Howard Fay, aboard the LST #221 is involved in the assault and occupation of Okinawa as well. Ralph Hawkins, aboard the USS Stack also arrives Okinawa on assault day and provides anti-sub and anti-aircraft patrolling, are in the process are attacked by Japanese aircraft. Hoyt Graham's aircraft departs the Pacific Theater bound for the United States. Robert Templin returns to Ohio following 18 months of service aboard a submarine chaser based on Trinadad Island. William Bochard is released from a hospital in the Philippiines after an extended illness and a month of hospitalization. Willis Cleary departs Grenzhausen, Germany by truck and arrives Waldeck, Germany after a 140 mile drive. K Company men stay in the Westalennor Hotel.
April 1, 1946: Howard Betts is discharged from the U.S. Army at Camp Atterbury, IN.
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