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Hansford, Clarence M., Pvt.
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Home Town Kerens
Date of Passing Nov 20, 1996
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PVT CLARENCE M. HANSFORD WAS A FARMER BEFORE BEING DRAFTED INTO THE ARMY ON 10 SEPTEMBER 1943. HE SERVED OVERSEAS WITH "L" COMPANY, 180TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 45TH INFANTRY DIVISION FROM 22 APRIL 1944 TO 24 DECEMBER 1944. ON 10 MARCH 1945 PVT HANSFORD WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED. HE RETURNED TO WEST VIRIGNIA WHERE HE LIVED UNTIL HIS DEATH ON 20 NOVEMBER 1996. CLARENCE IS BURIED IN THE PARSONS FAMILY CEMETERY, IN THE SHAVERS FORK AREA OF PARSONS, TUCKER COUNTY, WV.
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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.
