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Rubenstein, Kenneth, S/Sgt.
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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/Po Valley Campaign (1945)
From Month/Year
April / 1945
To Month/Year
May / 1945
Description (Po Valley Campaign 5 April-8 May 1945) The effectiveness of interdiction in northern Italy was shown by the success of the final Allied drive in that area in April 1945. With communications shattered, the Germans were unable to move enough materiel to make a stand after being driven from their defensive positions south of the Po. Allied forces crossed the river on 25 April; and on 4 May, at the Italian end of the Brenner Pass, Fifth Army met the Seventh, which had driven into Germany and turned southward into Austria. With the joining of these forces the war in Italy was over.