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History of the XVI Corps from its activation to the end of the war in Europe
Get PDFWith the activation of the XVI Corps on 7 December 1943, the War Department added another fighting Corps to its rapidly expanding Army of the United States, a Corps that was destined within little more than a year to make an historic assault across Europe\u27s Rhine River and to play an important part in the United States Ninth and First Armies\u27 encirclement of the vital Ruhr industrial area and the total defeat of Nazi Germany.
Under the command of Maj. Gen. John B. Anderson, Corps commander since shortly after its organization, the XVI Corps proved in training and in combat operations its right to a place among the leading Corps of the United States armies. It conducted an efficient training program in preparation for combat prior to its departure from the United States. Arriving in France, it assumed the responsibility of processing troops as they arrived on the European Continent and protected the Normandy beaches from possible counter-attacks by hostile forces on the nearby Channel Islands.
The XVI Corps protected the Ninth United States Army\u27s northern flank in the Roer River assault, driving the German foe from the Roer to the Rhine River so relentlessly that enemy units in the north were unable to aid the hard-pressed German forces being hammered on other sectors of the Ninth Army front. It smashed across the Rhine in a great inland amphibious operation and drove inexorably onward to assist in trapping crack German Armies in the Ruhr valley.
The Corps swept the Germans from the big industrial cities north of the Ruhr River, including Essen, Dortmund, Duisburg, and Gelsenkirchen, swinging south as the Ninth and First Armies combined to crush all enemy resistance in the Ruhr. Then, turning from tactical operations to other duties, it directed the military occupation and government of the greater section of the German provinces of Westphalia, Lippe, and Schaumburg Lippe.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/ww_reg_his/1082/thumbnail.jp
Jansson, Carl Joseph
No full textCarl Joseph Jansson. Private, U.S. Army - 5th Army.
5 January 1907 - 15 December 1943.
Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service in combat operations sustained against the enemy for more than three months, until he fell in action near Cassino, Italy. Fought also in Tunisia. Lifelong resident of Bangor. Graduated, Bangor High School, 1925. Engaged in the Food business. Enlisted, 8 February 1943. Purple Heart.
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Peterson, Jr.,Carl F.
No full textCarl F. Peterson, Jr. Private First Class, U.S. Marine Corps. 22nd Battalion, 6th Marine Division.
23 February 1926 - 10 May 1945.
Studied one year at Bangor High School. Enlisted June 1943. Killed in action at Okinawa. A lover of the out-of-doors, who even at Okinawa always lifted up his eyes to the hills, he found more happiness in his nineteen years than do most men in thrice as many. Purple Heart.
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Sarnoski, Joseph R.
No full textJoseph R. Sarnoski. Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Forces.
31 January 1915 - 16 June 1943.
Congressional Medal of Honor, posthumously, for his indomitable defense of his Flying Fortress against twenty enemy fighters at the price of his life, over Buka, Bougainville, Solomon Islands. Musician. Aviation enthusiast. Native of Carbondale, Pennsylvania. Trained: Denver, Colorado and Langley Field, Virginia. Bangor resident, six months, while at Dow Field.
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Fogg, Donald Herbert
No full textDonald Herbert Fogg. Captain, U.S. Army Infantry, Company P, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division. 3 February 1908 - 23 April 1943.
R.O.T.C. captain, Bangor High School, where he graduated, 1926. University of Maine, BA 1931, MA 1934. Teacher. Commissioned, Officers\u27 Reserve Corps, 1931. Commanding officer Civilian Conservation Corps camp at Belchertown, Massachusetts, 1937. Cited at El Guettar, Tunisia. Died of wounds at Mateur. Buried at Beja, Tunisia. Silver Star. Purple Heart.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/book_of_honor_images/1019/thumbnail.jp
Perkins, Linwood W.
No full textLinwood W. Perkins. 2nd Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Forces.
20 June 1918 - 1 November 1943
While piloting his plane over Port Moresby, New Guinea, he was killed in action. A graduate of Bangor High School in 1936, he was in civil life, a bookkeeper. He enlisted in January 1941, at first becoming a radio operator, later transferring to the Air Forces where he was a pilot.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/book_of_honor_images/1032/thumbnail.jp
The history of the 445th Bombardment Group (H) (unofficial)
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No book this size could ever hope to record completely, day by day, mission by mission, the history of the 445th Bombardment Group. Since various limitations did exist and handicap the publication of our Group History, the only alternative was to select such material as would most emphatically demonstrate how superior our Group really was.
The photographs selected for use in the book were chosen because they were the most representative of those available. Every attempt was made to provide at least token representation of the few activities and sections not included; however, the fact that some parts of our Group organization have not been included indicates that these attempts were unsuccessful.
Because of many changes in Squadron Staff personnel throughout the life of the Group, it was not thought advisable to list the many persons involved. Instead, it was left to various photographs to tell about these men.
I sincerely hope that in the years to come this book will recall dimming memories, and that it will always serve as convincing evidence that ours was one of the best Groups in the Army Air Forces.
· Rudolph J. Birsic, July, 1947https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/ww_reg_his/1100/thumbnail.jp
Williams, Eugene Vincent
No full textEugene Vincent Williams. First Lieutenant, U.S. Army Field Artillery. 4th Armored Division.
27 March 1916 - 1 August 1944.
Entered service with the 152nd Field Artillery as a private, March 1941. Commissioned July 1942. Overseas December 1943. Killed in action with Patton\u27s Breakthrough Division at Rennes, Ille et Vilaine, France. Native of Houlton. Graduated, Houlton High and Coburn Classical Institute. Expert basketball player. In business in Bangor. Purple Heart.
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Eames, Paul H. Jr.
No full textPaul H. Eames, Jr. Ensign, U.S. Navy - U.S.S. Indianapolis.
30 September 1924 - 30 July 1945.
Killed in action in the Philippine Sea when his ship was torpedoed after delivering the irresistible instrument of immediate victory. Seaman First Class, 1942-1944. Midshipman, 1944-1945. Ensign, 1945. A.B. (cum laude) Brown University, 1945, and Bowdoin College, 1945. Brown University Swimming Team letterman. Editor Bowdoin Orient . Purple Heart.
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Grant, Robert P.
No full textRobert P. Grant. Private First Class, U.S. Army Air Forces. 27th Bombardment Squadron. 24 November 1919 - 27 May 1942.
Enlisted, November 1940. Assigned to the Philippines, November 1941. Missing in action following the fall of Corregidor, 6 May 1942. Later reported died of disease in Japanese prison. Brooks High School, 1937. There active in basketball and baseball. In the food and oil businesses in Bangor. Presidential Citation. Purple Heart.
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