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Alkire, James W., Pfc.
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Home Town Parsons
Date of Passing Feb 01, 1975
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PRIVATE FIRST CLASS JAMES W. ALKIRE WORKED AS A FARM HAND NEAR PARSONS, WEST VIRGINIA BEFORE ENTERING THE ARMY ON 3 JUNE 1943. HE SERVED IN EUROPE FROM NOVEMBER 1943 UNTIL JUNE 1945(UNIT UNKNOWN). IN JUNE 1945 PFC ALKIRE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE PACIFIC THEATRE, ARRIVING IN JULY OF 1945 AND WAS ASSIGED TO COMPANY I, 103RD INFANTRY REGIMENT, 43RD INFANTRY DIVISION UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1945 WHEN HE SAILED FOR THE U.S. PFC ALKIRE ARRIVED IN THE U.S. ON 9 OCTOBER 1945 AND AS THEN DISCHARGED O THE 20TH AT CAMP ATTERBURY, INDIANA. JAMES W. ALKIRE PASSED AWAY ON 1 FEB 1975 AT STARK, OHIO.
WWII - European Theater of Operations/Northern France Campaign (1944)
From Month/Year
July / 1944
To Month/Year
September / 1944
Description (Northern France Campaign 25 July to 14 September 1944) Bombardment along a five-mile stretch of the German line enabled the Allies to break through on 25 July. While some armored forces drove southward into Brittany, others fanned out to the east and, overcoming a desperate counterattack, executed a pincers movement that trapped many Germans in a pocket at Falaise. The enemy fell back on the Siegfried Line, and by mid-September 1944 nearly all of France had been liberated. During these operations in France, while light and medium bombers and fighter-bomber aircraft of Ninth Air Force had been engaged in close support and interdictory operations, Eighth and Fifteenth Air Forces had continued their strategic bombing.
