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Date of Passing Mar 31, 1974
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STAFF SERGEANT KENNETH RUBENSTEIN ENLISTED IN THE U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE ON 12 FEBRUARY 1942. AFTER ATTENDING RADIO SCHOOL AT SCOTT FIELD ILLINOIS HE WAS SENT TO EUROPE. AFTER ARRIVING IN NORTH AFRICA ON 21 FEBRUARY HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 447TH BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON, 321ST BOMBARDMENT GROUP AND LATER TRANSFERRED TO THE 487TH BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON, 340TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP. ON 7 AUGUST 1945 S/SGT RUBENSTEIN WAS DEPARTED EUROPE IN ROUTE TO THE STATES. AFTER ARRIVING IN THE U.S. HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED ON 21 SEPTEMBER 1945. THE SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX LISTS HIS DATE OF PASSING AS MARCH 1974.
WWII - European Theater of Operations/Sicily Campaign (1943)
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July / 1943
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August / 1943
Description (Sicily Campaign 9 July to 17 August 1943) In preparation for the invasion of Sicily the Allies captured the islands in the Sicilian strait, with aerial bombardment forcing the capitulation of Pantelleria on 11 June 1943. By that time Allied air power had begun the attack on Sicily by bombing defenses and airfields. The invasion itself got under way on the night of 9/10 July with airborne landings that were followed the next day by an amphibious assault. The enemy offered strong resistance, but the Allies had superiority in the air and soon had planes operating from Sicilian bases to support Montgomery’s Eighth Army and Patton’s Seventh.
Interdictory operations against communications in Italy and between Italy and Sicily convinced the enemy that it would be impossible to move strong reinforcements. By 17 August 1943 the Allies were in possession of the island, but they had not been able to prevent a German evacuation across the Strait of Messina.