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Wiles, Everett H., Cpl.
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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/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.
