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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/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.