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Gordon, Blair W., Pfc.
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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.
WWII - European Theater of Operations/Central Europe Campaign (1945)
From Month/Year
March / 1945
To Month/Year
May / 1945
Description (Central Europe Campaign 22 March to 11 May 1945) Following the Battle of the Bulge the Allies had pushed through to the Rhine. On 22 March 1945 they began their assault across the river, and by I April the Ruhr was encircled. Armored columns raced across Germany and into Austria and Czechoslovakia. On 25 April, the day American and Russian forces met on the Elbe, strategic bombing operations came to an end. Germany surrendered on 7 May 1945 and operations officially came to an end the following day, although sporadic actions continued on the European front until 11 May.
