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.

Clarksburg Ohio's Colonel George Bookwalter takes command in Pennsylvania, Adams flies his 4th bombing mission of World War II

Today in Clarksburg Ohio World War II History:

February 19, 1942: Willis Prince enlists in the U.S. Army.

February 19, 1943: Daryl Williams departs Clarksburg for Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana to immediately report for duty in the U.S. Army Air Forces. Harry Junk, part of the 2493rd Quartermaster Truck Company docks in North Africa. Kenneth Dean is serving in North Africa. Mert Garrison is stationed at Camp Roberts, CA. Oscar Garrison's parents receive a cable gram noting that he is serving "somewhere" overseas - in Iceland. Willis Prince is assigned and registered to Air Cadet Squadron 113 at the Army Air Forces Classification Center in San Antonio, Texas.

February 19, 1944: While based in Oahu, Hawaii, Charles Shull writes a letter to Pryor Timmons explaining his free time while in the service. Daryl Williams (pictured left in front of a highly modified 499th Bomb Squadron B-25 Mitchell bomber) also writes home to let Pryor Timmons know he has logged over 100 hours of flight time during training and is preparing to transfer to bomber training soon.

February 19, 1945: Don Adams flies his fourth bombing mission on harbor installation targets in Pola, Italy. Fred Rittenhouse, aboard his assigned Sherman tank, motors from Soissons, France and crosses into Belgium, staying the night in Namur. Colonel George Bookwalter is officially placed in command of the 1380th Service Command Unit Headquarters - Pennsylvania District, located at 2nd and Chestnut streets. Jack Ater and the remainder of the 97th Infantry Division sets sail for Europe from New York.