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Home Town Thomas
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/Rome-Arno Campaign (1944)
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January / 1944
To Month/Year
September / 1944
Description (Rome-Arno Campaign 22 January to 9 September 1944) U.S. 5th Army advanced 150 miles to the Arno River. The unsuccessful attempt to break the Gustav Line on 22 January was followed by another unsuccessful effort in March when the infantry failed to push through after bombers had endeavored to open the line at Monte Cassino. Allied air power then began a vigorous campaign against railroads, highways, and shipping that supported German forces in Italy. With supply lines strangled, the Germans could not repulse the new drive launched by the Allies in May. German resistance crumbled. By 4 June 1944 the Allies had taken Rome. But the advance ground to a halt against a new defensive line the enemy established along the Arno River.