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Parks, Elmer P., Pfc.
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Home Town Hendricks
Date of Passing Nov 01, 1995
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PRIVATE FIRST CLASS ELMER P. PARKS WAS A TRUCK DRIVER BEFORE BEING INDUCTED INTO THE ARMY ON 22 APRIL 1941. AFTER BASIC TRAINING HE WAS SENT TO THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS WHERE HE SPENT THE 2 YEARS AND 7 MONTHS. (IT IS UNCLEAR WHO HE SERVED WITH THERE FROM LOOKING AT HIS DISCHARGE BUT MY BEST GUESS WOULD BE THE 201ST INFANTRY AS A LOT OF MEN FROM MY AREA SERVED WITH THE SAME UNIT IN ALASKA.) AFTER BRIEFLY RETURNING TO THE STATES HE WAS SENT TO EUROPE ARRIVING ON 10 DECEMBER 1944 WHERE HE SERVED WITH HHC, 1ST BATTALION, 274TH INF REGT, 70TH INF DIV AS A TRUCK DRIVER. HE REMAINED IN EUROPE THROUGH 3 CAMPAIGNS AND SEVERAL MONTHS OF OCCUPATION DUTY BEFORE BEING SENT HOME. PFC PARKS WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED ON 19 OCTOBER 1945. ELMER PARKS PASSED AWAY ON 1 NOVEMBER 1995 IN STARK COUNTY OHIO.
WWII - Asiatic-Pacific Theater
From Month/Year
December / 1941
To Month/Year
September / 1945
Description The plan of the Pacific subseries was determined by the geography, strategy, and the military organization of a theater largely oceanic. Two independent, coordinate commands, one in the Southwest Pacific under General of the Army Douglas MacArthur and the other in the Central, South, and North Pacific (Pacific Ocean Areas) under Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, were created early in the war. Except in the South and Southwest Pacific, each conducted its own operations with its own ground, air, and naval forces in widely separated areas. These operations required at first only a relatively small number of troops whose efforts often yielded strategic gains which cannot be measured by the size of the forces involved. Indeed, the nature of the objectivesùsmall islands, coral atolls, and jungle-bound harbors and airstrips, made the employment of large ground forces impossible and highlighted the importance of air and naval operations. Thus, until 1945, the war in the Pacific progressed by a double series of amphibious operations each of which fitted into a strategic pattern developed in Washington.
21 Named Campaigns were recognized in the Asiatic Pacific Theater with Battle Streamers and Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medals.