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Kerns, Warren S., Cpl.
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Home Town Osceola
Date of Passing Apr 30, 2005
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CORPORAL WARREN S KERNS WAS EMPLOYED AS A RIVET HEATER BEFORE BEING INDUCTED INTO THE ARMY ON 9 JANUARY 1943. HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 97TH BOMB GROUP IN EUROPE FROM 8 APRIL 1944 TO 25 SEPTEMBER 1945. I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO LOCATE MUCH INFORMATION REGARDING HIS LATER LIFE. HE PASSED AWAY ON 30 APRIL 2005 IN GARRETTSVILLE, PORTAGE, OHIO.
WWII - European Theater of Operations/Southern France Campaign (1944)
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August / 1944
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September / 1944
Description (Southern France Campaign 15 August to 14 September 1944) While the Germans were retreating in Italy in the summer of 1944, the Allies diverted some of their strength in the theater to the invasion of Southern France. After preliminary bombardment, a combined seaborne-airborne force landed on the French Riviera on 15 August. Marseilles having been taken, Sevmth Army advanced up the Rhone Valley and by mid-September was in touch with Allied forces that had entered France from the north.
