Golphenee, Gail Benton Ford, Sgt

Deceased

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Service Details

Last Rank
Sergeant

Last Primary AFSC/MOS
AAF MOS 573-Welder, Aircraft

Last AFSC Group
Ordnance/Maintenance (Enlisted)

Primary Unit
1942-1945, AAF MOS 573, 353rd Bombardment Squadron, Heavy

Service Years
1938 - 1946

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Personal Details

Home State

Montana

Year of Birth
1916

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Home Town Elmdale	Last Address Portland, OR
Date of Passing Sep 11, 2003
Location of Interment Willamette National Cemetery (VA) - Portland, Oregon	Wall/Plot Coordinates Sec. D, Site 3109

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WWII - European Theater of Operations/Naples-Foggia Campaign (1943-44)
From Month/Year August / 1943	To Month/Year January / 1944
Description (Naples-Foggia Campaign 18 Aug 1943-21 Jan 1944 (Air); 9 Sep 1943-21 Jan 1944 (Ground) ) After Allied bombardment of communications and airfields in Italy, Montgomery crossed the Strait of Messina on 3 September 1943 and started northward. Five days later Eisenhower announced that the Italian Government had surrendered. Fifth Army, under Clark, landed at Salerno on g September and managed to stay despite furious counterattacks. By 18 September the Germans were withdrawing northward. On 27 September Eighth Army occupied the important airfields of Foggia, and on I October Fifth Army took Naples. As the Allies pushed up the peninsula, the enemy slowed the advance and brought it to a halt at the Gustav Line.