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Gooding, Carl William, T/5.
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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/Southern France Campaign (1944)
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August / 1944
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September / 1944
Description (Southern France Campaign 15 August to 14 September 1944) While the Germans were retreating in Italy in the summer of 1944, the Allies diverted some of their strength in the theater to the invasion of Southern France. After preliminary bombardment, a combined seaborne-airborne force landed on the French Riviera on 15 August. Marseilles having been taken, Sevmth Army advanced up the Rhone Valley and by mid-September was in touch with Allied forces that had entered France from the north.
