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Home Town Brooklyn,New York
Last Address Born: Brooklyn Kings, NY Died: New York, NY
Date of Passing Sep 16, 1979
Location of Interment Long Island National Cemetery (VA) - Farmingdale, New York
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Hi Mr Bell, He was assigned to Ardennes Central Europe Rhineland from 11/20/1944-12/02/1945.His military occupation specialty was Rigger 189.Civilian occupation Rigger 111 5-88.020.If there's any thing else you need I'll try to find it.Thank you Pat.Wise --------- He got 3 Bronze Sv Stars For Campaign,Rhinland Ltr Hq ETO USA AG 200.6 OpGa 06/28/1945. Ardennes,Central Europe.His Medals were WWII victory,American campaign,Euorpean-middle eastern campaign,army good conduct.I don't believe he went to college.There were two places on his papers where he was maybe in training camp Upton,NY 11/15/42. 11/1942 par 4 so 313 CG 9 armed div fort riley,Kanas.I think from 1942-44 he was in basic training (521),and worked on ships.It says he was also a machinest. Co F355 engrs station APO 751 USA 11/08/19+45. 599 Bomb Sq(m)397th group.station APO 140 12/1945. Co A 9th Armed Engr Bn station FT.Riley,Kanas 11/18/1942.Hope this helps some.Pat.Wise -------- Mr.Bell, I found some couses my dad took in training. As I said some of the writing on the documents are hard to read, but I'll do my best. 37mm 5-11-1943 score 75-Expert.30 cal MG score-116 1st Gunner 5-18-1943.30 cal MI gun MM 5-23-1943 MM II 30 cal course A 2nd Gunner score 117 11-01-1943. Infiltration course: Censorship film and lecture.2-17-1944 AW 28 read and explained.2-9-1944 Infiltation course (night)3-29-1944 Malaria control Tng complete.2-23-1944. Village fighting 5-16-1944. Close combat range 5-27-1944 Clorine chamber 4-25-1944 ASR score showing 54. ASR score 44 to 54 7-7-1945 Atzd. One Sv bar-overseas service Atzd. to wear Eamet ribbion atzd. to wear Bronze service star. Hope this helps,thank you Pat.Wise
WWII - European Theater of Operations/Egypt-Libya Campaign (1942-43)
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June / 1942
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February / 1943
Description (Egypt-Libya Campaign 11 June 1942 to 12 February 1943) When the United States entered World War II in December 1941, the British had been fighting German and Italian armies in the Western Desert of Egypt and Libya for over a year. In countering an Italian offensive in 1940, the British had at first enjoyed great success. In 1941, however, when German forces entered the theater in support of their Italian ally, the British suffered severe reversals, eventually losing nearly all their hard-won gains in North Africa.
Even though the United States had not yet entered the war as an active combatant, by the time General Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, commander of the German Army’s Afrika Korps, began his offensive against the British Eighth Army in Libya in March 1941, the American and British air chiefs were already discussing American support for the British Eighth Army. Rommel’s rapid and unexpected success in the Libyan desert forced British and American staff officers
in London to accelerate their planning. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his advisers also agreed that the British might need American support in the Middle East. Overall theater responsibility would continue to be British, but the President recognized that a British collapse in Egypt would have far-reaching implications and approved contingency measures to prepare for American support to the theater at a future date.