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Home Town Davis
Date of Passing Apr 12, 1991
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PFC GEORGE BELINC JR. WAS BORN IN GERMANY ON 9 FEBRUARY 1911 AND IMMIGARTED TO DAVIS, WEST VIRGINIA IN 1913. HE AS THE SON OF GEORGE SR. AND JOANNA LOSCAR BELINC. BEFORE ENTERING THE SERVICE ON 11 MAY 1942 HE WORKED AS A LOADER OPERATOR MOST LIKELY AT THE COAL MINES NEAR HIS HOME IN DAVIS. HE SERVED IN EUROPE WITH BATTERY A, 446THANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY (AUTOMATIC WEAPONS) BATTALION FROM 11 OCTOBER 1944 TO 21 DECEMBER 1945. ON 26 DECEMBER 1945 GEORGE BELINC WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED AT FORT MEADE, MARYAND. GEORGE DIED IN KEARNEYSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA ON 12 APRIL 1991.
WWII - European Theater of Operations/Central Europe Campaign (1945)
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March / 1945
To Month/Year
May / 1945
Description (Central Europe Campaign 22 March to 11 May 1945) Following the Battle of the Bulge the Allies had pushed through to the Rhine. On 22 March 1945 they began their assault across the river, and by I April the Ruhr was encircled. Armored columns raced across Germany and into Austria and Czechoslovakia. On 25 April, the day American and Russian forces met on the Elbe, strategic bombing operations came to an end. Germany surrendered on 7 May 1945 and operations officially came to an end the following day, although sporadic actions continued on the European front until 11 May.