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Home Town Thomas
Date of Passing Apr 27, 1984
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PRIVATE FIRST CLASS ROBERT LEE DAVIS JR. WAS EMPLOYED AS A CARPENTERS HELPER BEFORE ENLISTING IN THE ARMY ON 7 APRIL 1942. PFC DAVIS WAS ASSIGNED TO HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY, 1ST SPECIAL ENGINEERS BRIGADE. ROBERT SERVED IN EUROPE FROM 12 AUGUST 1942 TO 1 MARCH 1945 WHERE HE TOOK PLACE IN THE 6 JUNE LANDINGS ON OMAHA BEACH, NORMANDY, FRANCE. ON 1 MARCH 1945 THE 1ST ESB LEFT EUROPE AND HEADED FOR THE PACIFIC WHERE THE STAYED THROUGH THE RYUKYUS CAMPAIGN AND OCCUPATION DUTY IN OKINAWA. PFC DAVIS RETURNED HOME ON 6 OCTOBER 1945 AND WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED ON 12 OCTOBER 1945 AT CAMP ATTERBURY INDIANA. ROBERT LEE DAVIS JR. PASSED AWAY ON 27 APRIL 1984 IN JOHNSTOWN PENNSYLVANIA.
WWII - European Theater of Operations/Sicily Campaign (1943)
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July / 1943
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August / 1943
Description (Sicily Campaign 9 July to 17 August 1943) In preparation for the invasion of Sicily the Allies captured the islands in the Sicilian strait, with aerial bombardment forcing the capitulation of Pantelleria on 11 June 1943. By that time Allied air power had begun the attack on Sicily by bombing defenses and airfields. The invasion itself got under way on the night of 9/10 July with airborne landings that were followed the next day by an amphibious assault. The enemy offered strong resistance, but the Allies had superiority in the air and soon had planes operating from Sicilian bases to support Montgomery’s Eighth Army and Patton’s Seventh.
Interdictory operations against communications in Italy and between Italy and Sicily convinced the enemy that it would be impossible to move strong reinforcements. By 17 August 1943 the Allies were in possession of the island, but they had not been able to prevent a German evacuation across the Strait of Messina.
