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Home Town Tucker County
Date of Passing Apr 01, 1992
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PRIVATE FIRST CLASS BLAIR W. GORDON WAS A TRUCK DRIVER BEFORE ENTERING THE U.S. ARMY ON 22 APRIL 1941. PFC GORDON WAS SOON SENT TO ALASKA WHERE HE REMAINED UNTIL MARCH 1944. BLAIR REMAINED IN THE STATES UNTIL FEBRUARY 1945 WHEN HE WAS SENT TO EUROPE WHERE HE WAS ASSIGNED TO HQ COMPANY 160TH ENGINEER COMBAT BATTALION UNTIL 30 SEPTEMBER 1945. AFTER RETURNING HOME PFC GORDON WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED ON 6 OCTOBER 1945 AT FORT MEADE MARYLAND. BLAIR GORDON PASSED AWAY ON 1 APRIL 1992 AT KEYSER WEST VIRGINIA.
Description (Aleutian Islands Campaign 3 Jun 1942 to 24 Aug 1943) On 3-4 June 1942, at the time of the Battle of Midway, a Japanese force attacked Dutch Harbor and inflicted considerable damage before it was driven off. The Japanese then occupied Attu and Kiska. For the rest of 1942 and into 1943, Eleventh Air Force struck enemy bases and installations whenever weather over the Aleutians permitted. The United States troops that landed on Attu on 11 May 1943 had possession of the island by the end of the month. The capture of Attu isolated Kiska, which was bombed repeatedly by American aircraft. The troops that invaded Kiska on 15 August 1943 discovered that the Japanese, under the cover of fog, had secretly evacuated their garrison.
