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Flanagan, Harold E., S/Sgt.
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Home Town Parsons
Date of Passing Jul 16, 1999
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S/SGT HAROLD E. FLANAGAN SON OF MCCLELLAND AND CLARA FLANAGAN ENLISTED IN THE USAAF ON 16 NOVEMBER 1944 AND ATTENDED AIRPLANE ARMAMENT SCHOOL AT LOWRY FIELD, COLORADO AND FLEXIBLE GUNNERY SCHOOL IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA BEFORE SERVING IN EUROPE WITH THE 15TH AAF. AFTER RETURNING TO THE STATES IN JULY OF 1945 S/SGT FLANAGAN WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 2109TH AAF BASE UNIT AT TURNER AIR FIELD NEAR ALBANY GEORGIA UNTIL HE WAS DISCHARGED ON 8 FEBRUARY 1946. HAROLD FLANAGAN PASSED AWAY IN CLARKSBURG, WV ON 16 JULY 1999.
WWII - European Theater of Operations/Rhineland Campaign (1944-45)
From Month/Year
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.