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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.
WWII - American Theater
From Month/Year
December / 1941
To Month/Year
September / 1945
Description The American Theater was a minor area of operations during World War II. This was mainly due to both North and South America's geographical separation from the central theaters of conflict in Europe and Asia. Thus, any threat by the Axis Powers to invade the mainland United States or other areas was considered negligible, allowing for American resources to be deployed in overseas theaters.
This article includes attacks on continental territory, extending 200 miles (320 km) into the ocean, which is today under the sovereignty of the United States, Canada, Mexico, and several other smaller states, but excludes military action involving the Danish territory of Greenland, the Hawaiian Islands, and the Aleutian Islands. The most well known battles in North America during World War II were the Attack on Pearl Harbor (the first attack on US soil since the Battle of Ambos Nogales), the Aleutian Islands Campaign, the Battle of the St. Lawrence, and the attacks on Newfoundland.