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Gower, Day L., Sgt.
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Home Town St. George
Date of Passing Apr 12, 2000
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SGT DAY L. GOWER WAS EMPLOYED AS A TIMBER FALLER BEFORE BEING INDUCTED INTO THE ARMY ON 23 APRIL 1941. ON 21 JANUARY 1942 HE WAS SENT TO ALASKA WHERE HE SERVED WITH THE 201ST INFANTRY REGIMENT UNTIL 1 FEBRUARY 1944 WHEN HE WAS SENT BACK STATESIDE WHERE HE STAYED UNTIL 6 AUGUST 1944 WHEN HE LEFT FOR THE E.T.O. UPON ARRIVING HE SERVED WITH HQ COMPANY 3RD BATTALION OF THE 317TH INFANTRY REGIMENT UNTIL 14 JULY 1945. AFTER RETURNING STATESIDE HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED ON 20 JULY 1945. SGT GOWER PASSED AWAY IN WEST VIRGINIA ON 12 APRIL 2000.
WWII - European Theater of Operations/Central Europe Campaign (1945)
From Month/Year
March / 1945
To Month/Year
May / 1945
Description (Central Europe Campaign 22 March to 11 May 1945) Following the Battle of the Bulge the Allies had pushed through to the Rhine. On 22 March 1945 they began their assault across the river, and by I April the Ruhr was encircled. Armored columns raced across Germany and into Austria and Czechoslovakia. On 25 April, the day American and Russian forces met on the Elbe, strategic bombing operations came to an end. Germany surrendered on 7 May 1945 and operations officially came to an end the following day, although sporadic actions continued on the European front until 11 May.