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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/Central Europe Campaign (1945)
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March / 1945
To Month/Year
May / 1945
Description (Central Europe Campaign 22 March to 11 May 1945) Following the Battle of the Bulge the Allies had pushed through to the Rhine. On 22 March 1945 they began their assault across the river, and by I April the Ruhr was encircled. Armored columns raced across Germany and into Austria and Czechoslovakia. On 25 April, the day American and Russian forces met on the Elbe, strategic bombing operations came to an end. Germany surrendered on 7 May 1945 and operations officially came to an end the following day, although sporadic actions continued on the European front until 11 May.