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Date of Passing Jun 28, 1972
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T/5 CARL GOODING WAS A COAL MINER BEFORE ENLISTING IN THE U.S. ARMY N 1 JULY 1942. HIS OVERSEAS SERVICE SERVICE BEGAN AFTER ARRIVING IN NORTH AFRICA ON 13 APRL 1943 (UNKNOWN UNIT) AND ENDED ON 22 SEPTEMBER 1945 IN GERMANY AT WHICH TIME HE WAS SERVING WITH COMPANY A, 422ND INFANTRY REGIMENT, 106TH INFANTRY DIVISION. ON 8 OCTOBER 1945 T/5 GOODING AS HONORABLY DISCHARGED AT FORT MEADE, MARYLAND. CARL W. GOODING PASSED AWAY IN KENTUCKY ON 28 JUNE 1972.
WWII - European Theater of Operations/Naples-Foggia Campaign (1943-44)
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August / 1943
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January / 1944
Description (Naples-Foggia Campaign 18 Aug 1943-21 Jan 1944 (Air); 9 Sep 1943-21 Jan 1944 (Ground) After Allied bombardment of communications and airfields in Italy, Montgomery crossed the Strait of Messina on 3 September 1943 and started northward. Five days later Eisenhower announced that the Italian Government had surrendered. Fifth Army, under Clark, landed at Salerno on g September and managed to stay despite furious counterattacks. By 18 September the Germans were withdrawing northward. On 27 September Eighth Army occupied the important airfields of Foggia, and on I October Fifth Army took Naples. As the Allies pushed up the peninsula, the enemy slowed the advance and brought it to a halt at the Gustav Line.