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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/Po Valley Campaign (1945)
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April / 1945
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May / 1945
Description (Po Valley Campaign 5 April-8 May 1945) The effectiveness of interdiction in northern Italy was shown by the success of the final Allied drive in that area in April 1945. With communications shattered, the Germans were unable to move enough materiel to make a stand after being driven from their defensive positions south of the Po. Allied forces crossed the river on 25 April; and on 4 May, at the Italian end of the Brenner Pass, Fifth Army met the Seventh, which had driven into Germany and turned southward into Austria. With the joining of these forces the war in Italy was over.