This Military Service Page was created/owned by
SSG Justin Davis
to remember
Kight, Henry Jack, Cpl.
If you knew or served with this Soldier and have additional information or photos to support this Page, please leave a message for the Page Administrator(s) HERE.
Contact Info
Home Town Thomas
Date of Passing May 05, 1988
Official Badges
Unofficial Badges
Additional Information
Last Known Activity:
CORPORAL HENRY JACK KIGHT WAS EMPLOYED AS A SERVICEMAN OF COIN OPERATED MACHINES BEFORE ENTERING THE USAAF ON 18 JULY 1942. HE ATTENDED RADIO OPERATOR SCHOOL AT CAMP CROWDER MISSOURI BEFORE BEING SENT TO NORTH AFRICA ON 8 FEBRUARY 1943. CPL KIGHT WAS ASSIGNED TO HQ & PLOT COMPANY 562ND SIGNAL AIRCRAFT WARNING BATTALION. THE 562ND WAS ATTACHED TO THE 62ND FIGHTER WING OF THE 12TH TACTICAL AIR COMMAND, 12TH AAF. CPL KIGHT SERVED IN EUROPE UNTIL 4 OCTOBER 1945 WHEN HE RETURNED STATESIDE AND WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED ON 23 OCTOBER 1945 AT FORT MEADE MARYLAND. HENRY KIGHT PASSED AWAY IN THOMAS WEST VIRGINIA ON 3 MAY 1988.
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.
