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Arnold, Roy C., Pfc.
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Home Town Benbush
Date of Passing Aug 27, 2001
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PRIVATE FIRST CLASS ROY C. ARNOLD WAS EMPLOYED AS A LOG SCALER BEFORE ENLISTING ON 6 JUNE 1941. HE WAS ASSIGNED TO COMPANY "E" 2ND BN, 19TH INF REGT, 24TH INF DIVISION IN THE PACIFIC THEATRE FROM 9 AUGUST 1941 TO 11 MARCH 1945 AS A SWITCH BOARD OPERATOR. ON 14 JUNE 1945 PFC ARNOLD WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED AT FORT DIX, NJ. ON 27 AUGUST 2001 ROY ARNOLD PASSED AWAY AND WAS LAID TO REST AT THE CLOSE MOUNTAIN CEMETERY NEAR THOMAS WEST VIRGINIA.
Description The war in the Central Pacific (7 December 1941 to 6 December 1943) began with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. Six months later an AAF task force took part in the Battle of Midway, in which a great Japanese fleet was defeated. But another year and a half elapsed before American forces began an offensive against Japanese positions in the Central Pacific. It was then, on 20 November 1943, that landings were made in the Gilberts, on Makin and Tarawa, with the Marines at the latter place becoming engaged in one of the bloodiest battles of the war.
