Clarksburg Ohio's John Dawson is forced from flight school while Lt. Jack Morris forced march from POW camp

Today in Clarksburg Ohio World War II history:

January 27, 1944: John Dawson From Sioux Falls, South Dakota, John Dawson writes Clarksburg High School Superintendent Pryor Timmons to update him on his flight school status. Disappointed, he explains to Mr. Timmons about an illness that forced him from flight school and into radio instruction.

January 27, 1945: Lt. Jack Morris of the 392nd Bomb Group (pictured left) and the remainder of the prisoners at Stalag Luft III in Sagan, Germany (Poland) begin their forced march ultimately to Stalag Luft VII in Moosburg, Germany due to the Russian's aggressive pressure on German forces along the Eastern front.

Carroll arrives North Africa with 6th Armored, Lt. Morris writes home from Stalag Luft 3

On this day in Clarksburg, Ohio World War II history:

December 21, 1942: Marvin Carroll arrives North Africa attached to the 6th Armored Infantry of the 1st Armored Division.

December 21, 1944: Lt. Jack Morris writes to his parents from Stalag Luft 3 POW camp in Sagan, Poland (then Sagan, Germany) that his activities have been limited due to the snow storm and that he has been keeping busy by cutting the hair of other prisoners. Joe Kelly enlists in the U.S. Army at Fort Hayes, Ohio.

December 21, 1945: Carl Dinkler finally receives his discharge from the U.S. Army at McCloskey General Hospital, Temple, Texas and sent home following extensive surgery on his wounds received while fighting near Brest, France in the Fall of 1944. Dinkler was shot numerous times by a German sniper, while helping to retrieve bodies and rescue wounded soldiers from his unit stranded at the front.