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Arnold, Claude W, Sgt.
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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 - European Theater of Operations/Rome-Arno Campaign (1944)
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January / 1944
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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.