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Home Town Dry Fork
Date of Passing Jul 14, 1977
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TECHNICIAN FIFTH GRADE WILBERT BLAKE BODKIN WAS EMPLOYED AS A GLAZING MACHINE OPERATOR BEFORE ENTERING THE SERVICE ON 1 OCTOBER 1943. HE SERVED IN EUROPE WITH COMPANY "A" 39TH SIGNAL HEAVY CONSTRUCTION BATTALION FROM 22 AUGUST 1944 TO 19 NOVEMBER 1945. UPON ARRIVING STATESIDE T/5 BODKIN WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED AT FORT MEADE MARYLAND ON 5 DECEMBER 1945. WILBERT BODKIN PASSED AWAY IN PARSONS WEST VIRGINIA ON 14 JULY 1977.
WWII - European Theater of Operations/Ardennes Alsace Campaign (1944-45)
From Month/Year
December / 1944
To Month/Year
February / 1945
Description (Ardennes Alsace Campaign 16 December 1944 to 25 January 1945) During their offensive in the Ardennes the Germans drove into Belgium and Luxembourg, creating a great bulge in the line. For some time the weather was bad, but when it cleared the Allies could send their planes to assist their ground forces by bombing and strafing the enemy’s columns, dropping paratroops and supplies, and interdicting the enemy’s lines of communications. By the end of January 1945 the lost ground had been regained and the Battle of the Bulge, the last great German offensive, was over.