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Simmons, Harold B., Pfc.
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Home Town Parsons
Date of Passing Oct 31, 1986
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PFC HAROLD B SIMMONS ENLISTED IN THE A.A.F. SOON AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL ON 19 JULY 1941. HE WAS ASSIGNED AS A COOK WITH HEADQUARTERS SQUADRON OF THE 12TH A.A.F. PFC SIMMONS ARRIVED OVERSEAS ON 11 SEPTEMBER 1942 AND WAS THERE THROUGH SEVERAL CAMPAIGNS OF NORTH AFRICA AND ITALY AND AT SOME POINT REACHED THE RANK OF S/SGT . A CUMBERLAND TIMES NEWSPAPER ARTICLE FROM 1944 STATED THAT S/SGT HAROLD B. SIMMONS RECEIVED THE SOLDIERS MEDAL AFTER HE ENTERED A BURNING BUILDING TO RESCUE AN ITALIAN LABORER. PFC SIMMONS RETURNED HOME AND WAS DISCHARGED ON 27 JUNE 1945 AND RETURNED HOME TO WEST VIRGINIA. THE SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX LISTS HIS DEATH AS OCTOBER 1986.
1941-1945, 60, USAAF 12th Army Air Force
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On August 20, 1942, Twelfth Air Force was activated at Bolling AAF, Maryland. On September 23, 1942. Brigadier General Jimmy Doolittle formally assumed 12th AF command with Colonel Hoyt S. Vandenberg as chief of staff. Barely four months after it was conceived, 12th AF made its first contributions to World War II. When D-Day for the invasion of North Africa (Operation Torch) arrived on November 8, 1942