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Home Town Saint George
Date of Passing Apr 21, 1990
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CORPORAL BOYD BOHON WAS EMPLOYED AS A TRUCK DRIVER NEAR HIS HOME IN SAINT GEORGE, TUCKER COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA BEFORE BEING INDUCTED INTO THE ARMY ON 20 FEBRUARY 1943. ON 30 JULY 1943 HE WAS SENT TO EUROPE WHERE HE FOUGHT IN THE NAPLES-FOGIA AND ROME-ARNO CAMPAIGNS AND WAS CONSEQUENTLY WOUNDED DURING THAT TIME ON 1 JANUARY 1944. I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO LOCATED INFORMATION ON THE UNIT HE HAD SERVED WITH DURING THAT TIME BUT HE FINISHED OUT THE WAR WITH SERVICE COMPANY 38TH ARMORED INFANTRY BATTALION, 7TH ARMORED DIVISION WHO DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN ANY OF THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGNS. AFTER SERVING 2 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 11 DAYS IN EUROPE AS A HALF TRACK DRIVER CPL BOHON WAS SENT HOME AND DISCHARGED ON 16 OCTOBER 1945. NO INFO IS KNOWN BETWEEN THAT TIME AND HIS DEATH ON 21 APRIL 1990 IN SAINT AUGUSTINE FLORIDA.
WWII - European Theater of Operations/Naples-Foggia Campaign (1943-44)
From Month/Year
August / 1943
To Month/Year
January / 1944
Description (Naples-Foggia Campaign 18 Aug 1943-21 Jan 1944 (Air); 9 Sep 1943-21 Jan 1944 (Ground) After Allied bombardment of communications and airfields in Italy, Montgomery crossed the Strait of Messina on 3 September 1943 and started northward. Five days later Eisenhower announced that the Italian Government had surrendered. Fifth Army, under Clark, landed at Salerno on g September and managed to stay despite furious counterattacks. By 18 September the Germans were withdrawing northward. On 27 September Eighth Army occupied the important airfields of Foggia, and on I October Fifth Army took Naples. As the Allies pushed up the peninsula, the enemy slowed the advance and brought it to a halt at the Gustav Line.