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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/Rome-Arno Campaign (1944)
From Month/Year
January / 1944
To Month/Year
September / 1944
Description (Rome-Arno Campaign 22 January to 9 September 1944) U.S. 5th Army advanced 150 miles to the Arno River. The unsuccessful attempt to break the Gustav Line on 22 January was followed by another unsuccessful effort in March when the infantry failed to push through after bombers had endeavored to open the line at Monte Cassino. Allied air power then began a vigorous campaign against railroads, highways, and shipping that supported German forces in Italy. With supply lines strangled, the Germans could not repulse the new drive launched by the Allies in May. German resistance crumbled. By 4 June 1944 the Allies had taken Rome. But the advance ground to a halt against a new defensive line the enemy established along the Arno River.