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Channell, Fred Eldridge, Pfc.
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Home Town Kerens
Date of Passing Feb 01, 1988
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PRIVATE FIRST CLASS FRED ELDRIDGE CHANNELL WORKED AS A FARM HAND BEFORE ENTERING THE USAAF ON 12 FEBRUARY 1942. HE SERVED IN NORTH AFRICA AND ITALY WITH THE USAAF (UNKNOWN UNIT) FROM 4 JUNE 1942 TO 6 MAY 1944. UPON RETURNING TO THE STATES HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 813TH AAF BASE UNIT AT SEDALIA ARMY AIR FIELD, WARRENSBURG MISSOURI UNTIL HIS HONORABLE DISCHARGE ON 25 OCTOBER. FRED CHANNELL PASSED AWAY IN CLEVELAND OHIO ON 1 FEBRUARY 1988 AND WAS LAID TO REST AT THE MOUNTAIN STATE MEMORIAL GARDENS IN RANDOLPH COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA.
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.
