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Cummings, Harry S., Pfc.
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Home Town Hambleton
Date of Passing Mar 31, 1978
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PRIVATE FIRST CLASS HARRY S. CUMMINGS WAS A COAL MINER NEAR COKETON WEST VIRGINIA BEFORE BEING INDUCTED INTO THE ARMY ON 9 NOVEMBER 1942. HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 33RD CHEMICAL DECONTAMINATING COMPANY, 306TH QM BN, 1ST ENGINEER SPECIAL BRIGADE. PFC CUMMINGS SERVED IN THE E.T.O. FROM 16 NOVEMBER 1943 TO 3 AUGUST 1945. AFTER RETURNING TO THE STATES HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED ON 13 SEPTEMBER 1945. THE SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX LISTS HIS DATE OF PASSING AS MARCH 1978.
WWII - European Theater of Operations/Northern France Campaign (1944)
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July / 1944
To Month/Year
September / 1944
Description (Northern France Campaign 25 July to 14 September 1944) Bombardment along a five-mile stretch of the German line enabled the Allies to break through on 25 July. While some armored forces drove southward into Brittany, others fanned out to the east and, overcoming a desperate counterattack, executed a pincers movement that trapped many Germans in a pocket at Falaise. The enemy fell back on the Siegfried Line, and by mid-September 1944 nearly all of France had been liberated. During these operations in France, while light and medium bombers and fighter-bomber aircraft of Ninth Air Force had been engaged in close support and interdictory operations, Eighth and Fifteenth Air Forces had continued their strategic bombing.