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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/Central Europe Campaign (1945)
From Month/Year
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.