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Home Town St. George, Tucker County
Date of Passing Sep 04, 2003
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T/5 ELZA N. BAKER SON OF JESSIE AND NEELEY FRANCES WOODDELL BAKER WAS A FARM HAND NEAR ST. GEORGE, WEST VIRGINIA BEFORE HE ENTEREDTHE SERVICE ON 23 OCTOBER 1942. HE WAS SENT TO BERMUDA ON IN DECEMBER 1942 WHERE HE SERVED WITH THE 2072ND ENGINEER AVIATION UTILITY PLATOON UNTIL NOVEMBER 1945 WHEN HE WAS SENT TO FORT MEADE MARYLAND WHERE HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED. ELZA BAKER PASSED AWAY ON 4 SEPTEMBER 2003 IN ASHTABULA, OHIO AND WAS LAID TO REST AT GREEN LAWN MEMORY GARDENS IN NORTH KINGSVILLE, OH.
WWII - American Theater
From Month/Year
December / 1941
To Month/Year
September / 1945
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.