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Home Town Saint George
Date of Passing Oct 06, 1995
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CORPORAL EVERETT H. WILES WAS A TRUCK DRIVER BEFORE BEING INDUCTED INTO THE USAAF ON 11 MAY 1942.HE SERVED IN EUROPE WITH THE 442ND BOMB SQUADRON, 320TH BOMB GROUP FROM 4 OCTOBER 1942 TO 5 NOVEMBER 1945. UPON RETURNING TO THE U.S. CPL WILES WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED ON 14 NOVEMBER 1945. EVERETT WILES PASSED AWAY IN ADRIAN MICHIGAN ON 6 OCTOBER 1995.
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320TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP
B-26 MARAUDER
WWII - European Theater of Operations/Sicily Campaign (1943)
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July / 1943
To Month/Year
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.