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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/Ardennes Alsace Campaign (1944-45)
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December / 1944
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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.
