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Home Town Fort Grant, Arizona
Last Address New York City, New York
Date of Passing Jul 01, 1986
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Brig. Gen. Willard Ames Holbrook of the Army, retired, who took the Nazi surrender of Linz, Austria, died Tuesday at his home here. He was 88 years old.
He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1918 and was a veteran of World War I. In World War II, he fought with armored units at the Battles of Ardennes and the Bulge and won a Silver Star and a Bronze Star. He negotiated for Linz's surrender and personally raised the American flag over the Nazi stronghold. After the war, he joined Federal Services Finance Corporation in Washington, becoming its president and chief executive.
He is survived by three children, Joanne Holbrook Patton, wife of Maj. Gen. George S. Patton 3d of South Hamilton, Mass,; Col. Willard A. Holbrook 3d of San Francisco and Marion Holbrook Roberson of Washington, seven grandchildren and one great-grandson.
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.
