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Wade, Carl L., T/Sgt.
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Home Town Jenningston
Date of Passing Nov 15, 1987
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Last Known Activity:
T/SGT CARL L. WADE HAD ALREADY SERVED ABOUT 3 YEARS IN HAWAII BEFORE THE U.S. ENTERED WWII. IN SEPTEMBER OF 1941 T/SGT WADE WAS SENT TO ICELAND WHERE HE SERVED UNITL APRIL OF 1944 WHEN HE WAS SENT TO ENGLAND AND THEN ON TO FRANCE. ON SEPTEMBER 1945 CARL WADE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED AT FORT GEORGE MEADE, MARYLAND. CARL WADE PASSED AWAY IN HAMBLETON, WV ON 15 NOVEMBER 1987.
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.