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Home Town Parsons
Date of Passing Nov 09, 1951
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TECHNICIAN FOURTH GRADE JULES CROSS WAS A BARBER IN PARSONS WEST VIRGINIA BEFORE ENTERING THE U.S. ARMY ON 7 JULY 1942. HE SERVED IN THE PACIFIC WITH THE 146TH STATION HOSPITAL (HOSPITAL SHIP TASMAN) 49TH GENERAL HOSPITAL FROM 2 FEBRUARY 1944 TO 10 NOVEMBER 1945. AFTER RETURNING STATESIDE T/4 CROSS WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED ON 28 NOVEMBER 1945 AT CAMP ATTERBURY INDIANA. JULES CROSS PASSED AWAY ON 9 NOVEMBER 1951 IN NEWPORT OHIO AND WAS LAID TO REST AT THE NEWPORT CEMETERY.
Description (Southern Philippines Campaign 27 February to 4 July 1945) After Luzon had been invaded and Manila taken, a series of landings were made in the southern Philippines, on Palawan, Mindanao, Panay, Cebu, Negros, and other islands. In some places the Japanese offered little resistance; in others they held out for considerable time. The liberation of the Philippines was announced by MacArthur on 5 July 1945.
