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Contact Info
Home Town Honolulu
Last Address Martinez, CA
Date of Passing May 09, 2011
Location of Interment Sacramento Valley National Cemetery (VA) - Dixon, California
Clarence Faria Resident of Martinez Clarence Perry "Smiles" Faria, passed away peacefully at his home in Martinez, CA, surrounded by his family on Monday, May 9, 2011. He was born November 20, 1918 in Honolulu, Hawaii. He is survived by his beloved wife of 65 years Rosemarie C. Faria; a sister Ramona L. Faria; his children Fred E. Faria (Jeanine), Joanne R. Friese (Daniel), and Brad J. Faria (Julie); and his seven grandchildren Galadriel, Isaac, James (Mariela), John, Andrew, Kerry (Rob), Christina, and one great-grandchild Luke Moran Faria. His funeral service will be Monday, May 16, 2011. Viewing at 10am; Rosary at 10:40am; and Funeral Service at 11am at St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church, 606 Mellus St., Martinez, CA. He will be buried at the Veterans Cemetery in Dixon, CA following the service. Family and friends will gather at the American Legion Hall on Ward and Court St., Martinez, CA from 4 to 6pm. Contributions can be made to the American Legion, Martinez Post 29 or St. Catherine of Siena School Education Fund.
Published in Contra Costa Times on May 15, 2011
WWII - European Theater of Operations/Northern France Campaign (1944)
From Month/Year
July / 1944
To Month/Year
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.
