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Archer, Richard Harold, Pvt.
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PVT Richard Archer was employed as a carpenters helper prior to entering the service on 10 September 1943. He served as a mail clerk with Company H, 142nd Infantry Regiment, 36th Infantry Division in Europe from 9 March 1944 to 15 November 1945. Upon returning stateside PVT Archer was honorably discharged on 1 December 1945 at Fort Meade, Maryland. Richard Archer passed away on 30 May 2013 in Bayard, WV. Wounded 19 March 1945 in Germany
WWII - European Theater of Operations/Rhineland Campaign (1944-45)
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September / 1944
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March / 1945
Description (Rhineland Campaign 15 September 1944 to 21 March 1945) Attempting to outflank the Siegfried Line, the Allies tried an airborne attack on Holland on 17 September 1944. But the operation failed, and the enemy was able to strengthen his defensive line from Holland to Switzerland. Little progress was made on the ground, but the aerial attacks on strategic targets continued. Then, having regained the initiative after defeating a German offensive in the Ardennes in December 1944, the Allies drove through to the Rhine, establishing a bridgehead across the river at Remagen.