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Arnold, Claude W, Sgt.
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Home Town Davis
Date of Passing Feb 11, 1999
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SERGEANT CLAUDE W ARNOLD OF DAVIS WEST VIRGINIA WAS WORKING AS A BUTCHER BEFORE ENTERING THE USAAF ON 9 NOVEMBER 1942. SGT ARNOLD WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 34TH BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON, 17TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP AND ARRIVED IN ITALY ON 15 JULY 1944. HE SERVED IN EUROPE THROUGH 5 CAMPAIGNS BEFORE RETURNING STATESIDE ON 2 SEPTEMBER 1945. SGT ARNOLD WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM THE AAF AT FORT MEADE MARYLAND ON 27 OCTOBER 1945. CLAUDE ARNOLD PASSED AWAY IN DAVIS WEST VIRGINIA ON 11 FEBRUARY 1999 AND WAS LAID TO REST AT THE DAVIS CEMETERY.
WWII - American Theater
From Month/Year
December / 1941
To Month/Year
September / 1945
Description The American Theater was a minor area of operations during World War II. This was mainly due to both North and South America's geographical separation from the central theaters of conflict in Europe and Asia. Thus, any threat by the Axis Powers to invade the mainland United States or other areas was considered negligible, allowing for American resources to be deployed in overseas theaters.
This article includes attacks on continental territory, extending 200 miles (320 km) into the ocean, which is today under the sovereignty of the United States, Canada, Mexico, and several other smaller states, but excludes military action involving the Danish territory of Greenland, the Hawaiian Islands, and the Aleutian Islands. The most well known battles in North America during World War II were the Attack on Pearl Harbor (the first attack on US soil since the Battle of Ambos Nogales), the Aleutian Islands Campaign, the Battle of the St. Lawrence, and the attacks on Newfoundland.
