Today in Clarksburg Ohio WWII history

Today in Ohio World War II history:

September 16, 1942: Roger Bryant is training in Canada.

September 16, 1943: John Martin (90th Infantry Division) is participating in additional infantry training at Camp Hood, Texas.

September 16, 1945: Oscar Garrison's ship docks in the U.S. following 37 months of overseas duty (82nd Airborne Division)

Today in Clarksburg Ohio WWII history - Peck awarded Distinguised Flying Cross & Jobe and Holloway enlist and eventually serve with the 82nd Airborne

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.

WWII History: Clarksburg Ohio's Elwood Dean medically discharged from the 82nd Airborne, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, F Company

Today in Ohio history: Clarksburg Ohio boys in service during WWII:

March 25, 1943: Albert Willis (369th Harbor Craft Company) escapes major injury during fire training at Camp Hathaway, WA when his firehose is turned on suddenly slamming him into a nearby building. Cary Skinner (41st Infantry Division) is actively training at Fort Riley, Kansas in the Medic Corps. Harmon Jobe (542nd Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment) is serving in Australia as a Coxswain of an army landing craft. Herman Dinkler (3rd Armored Division, 548th Quartermaster Depot) returns to Clarksburg for a furlough spent with parents. Dinkler recently graduated from Officer Training School at Camp Lee, Virginia. Walter Whitten (95th Infantry Division, 377th Infantry Regiment, L Company) departs Clarksburg for Fort Sam Houston, Texas following a 10-day furlough spent with parents.

March 25, 1944: Melvin Whiting is discharged from the U.S. Army due to a knee injury.

March 25, 1945: Elwood Dean (82nd Airborne, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, F Company) receives a medical discharge from the U.S. Army at the General Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky and returns to Chillicothe. Dean received wounds in Normandy July 3, 1944 while serving with the famed 82nd Airborne. Marcus Ater writes home describing details of the severe naval fighting he has endured aboard the USS Denver CL-58 (pictured above). Ater also mentioned he witnessed the retaking of the island Corregidor.

Today in Ohio World War II history: Cleary departs Monschau for Eupen, Anderson graduates air mechanic school and 3 years later leaves the ETO

This date in Clarksburg Ohio World War II history:

February 24, 1942: Bob Anderson graduates air mechanic school at Sheppard Field, Texas.

February 24, 1943: Darrell Templin, Dick Garrison, Dick Shanton, Howard Bryant, Jack Ater and Rolland Bookwalter depart Clarksburg for Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana to immediately report for duty to the U.S. Army. Harmon Jobe arrives the Asiatic-Pacific Theater.

February 24, 1945: Bob Anderson departs the European Theater of Operation bound for the United States. Charlie Jobe reaches the Roer River and the 82nd Airborne are relieved by the British. He returns with the 82nd Airborne Division to their Suippes, France base camp. Willis Cleary departs Monschau, Germany (pictured left) for Eupen, Belgium to reposition along the Siegfried Line.

Dean recovering from wounds in Louisville, Clarence Minnix departs the states for the Pacific Theater

Today in Clarksburg Ohio World War II history:

February 9, 1943: Clarksburg Ohio native James Pool transfers from Fort Lewis, WA to Keesler Field, Mississippi.

February 9, 1944: John Dawson returns to Clarksburg to enjoy a 10-day furlough with his family.

February 9, 1945: Clarence Minnix departs the U.S. bound for the Asiatic-Pacific Theater serving as a Truck Driver in C Company, 68th Signal Battalion. Following receiving wounds in Normandy while serving with the 82nd Airborne Division 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, F Company, Elwood Dean (pictured left) recovers from surgery at Nicholas Hospital in Lousiville, KY. His oldest brother, Norman Dean stops by for a visit.

Battle of the Bulge rages for the 2nd Infantry and 82nd Airborne, Satchell returns home

Today in Clarksburg Ohio World War II history the Battle of the Bulge continues to rage in Belgium for Clarksburg soldiers engaged in the fighting...

December 18, 1944: Charlie Jobe (325th Glider Infantry Regiment, 80th Airborne Artillery Battalion, F Battery) supports 82nd Airborne ground troops with artillery fire near Spa and Liege Belgium (photo: Jobe, far left holding helmet). Willis Cleary’s convoy departs Camp Elsenborn by truck toward the front line and ultimately the small village of Berg, Belgium to form a secondary line of defense to support retreating 2nd Infantry Division troops withdrawing from the forest, twin villages (Krinkelt/Rocherath) and Wurtzfeld to regroup.

December 18, 1945: Donald Satchell’s ship docs in the United States returning from the South Pacific, following his service with the 618th Engineer base Equipment Company as a motion picture projectionist in New Guinea and Australia.