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Home Town Parsons
Date of Passing Apr 11, 1998
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SERGEANT WILLARD DEMPSEY BARB SON OF HAROLD EDWARD SR. AND VIVA MINETTE HART BARB WAS BORN IN PARSONS, WEST VIRGINIA ON 7 JULY 1919. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A NURSERYMAN BEFORE ENTERING THE SERVICE N 8 APRIL 1942. HE SERVED IN EUROPE WITH THE AAF (UNKNOWN) UNIT FROM 19 OCTOBER 1943 UNITL 2 AUGUST 1945. AFTER ARRIVING BACK IN THE U.S. HE WAS ASSIGNED TO HE 249TH AA BASE UNIT AT LA JUNTA FIELD, COLORADO UNTIL HIS DISCHARGE ON 23 OCTOBER 1945. WILLARD BARB PASSED AWAY IN CLEVELAND, OHIO ON 11 APRIL 1998.
WWII - European Theater of Operations/Northern France Campaign (1944)
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July / 1944
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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.