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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/Rhineland Campaign (1944-45)
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September / 1944
To Month/Year
March / 1945
Description (Rhineland Campaign 15 September 1944 to 21 March 1945) Attempting to outflank the Siegfried Line, the Allies tried an airborne attack on Holland on 17 September 1944. But the operation failed, and the enemy was able to strengthen his defensive line from Holland to Switzerland. Little progress was made on the ground, but the aerial attacks on strategic targets continued. Then, having regained the initiative after defeating a German offensive in the Ardennes in December 1944, the Allies drove through to the Rhine, establishing a bridgehead across the river at Remagen.