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Home Town Paragould
Date of Passing Sep 25, 2009
Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia
After retiring from the Army, Eric participated in several covert operations in the early 1980's, one of which was an attempt to free American POWs from Laos. He later worked for the South Carolina Department of Corrections as a counselor helping to rehabilitate incarcerated veterans from May 1984 to July 1990. He then worked as a military contract policeman at Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific Ocean from August 1990 to November 1994, and then in Kuwait in 1995. Eric Anderson died on September 25, 2009, and was buried next to his first wife at Arlington National Cemetery.
Description The American Theater was a minor area of operations during World War II. This was mainly due to both North and South America's geographical separation from the central theaters of conflict in Europe and Asia. Thus, any threat by the Axis Powers to invade the mainland United States or other areas was considered negligible, allowing for American resources to be deployed in overseas theaters.
This article includes attacks on continental territory, extending 200 miles (320 km) into the ocean, which is today under the sovereignty of the United States, Canada, Mexico, and several other smaller states, but excludes military action involving the Danish territory of Greenland, the Hawaiian Islands, and the Aleutian Islands. The most well known battles in North America during World War II were the Attack on Pearl Harbor (the first attack on US soil since the Battle of Ambos Nogales), the Aleutian Islands Campaign, the Battle of the St. Lawrence, and the attacks on Newfoundland.