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Hedrick, Alvin, S/Sgt.
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Home Town Red Creek
Date of Passing Sep 30, 1969
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Last Known Activity:
S/SGT ALVIN HEDRICK ENTERED THE SERVICE ON 20 JUL 1942. HE ATTENDED AAF TECHINICAL TRAINING AT BRIGGS MANUFACTURING COMPANY IN DETROIT, BUCKLEY FIELD AND LOWRY FIELDS IN COLORADO. ON 10 MAR 1944 S/SGT HEDRICK ARRIVED IN ITALY AND WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 772ND BOMB SQUADRON, 463RD BOMB GROUP, 15TH AIR FORCE WHERE HE SERVED UNTIL 17 SEPTEMBER 1945. ON 8 OCTOBER 1945 S/SGT HEDRICK WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED AT FORT MEADE, MARYLAND. ALVIN HEDRICK PASSED AWAY IN ROMNEY, WV ON 30 SEPTEMBER 1969 AND WAS LAID TO REST AT THE FLANAGAN HILL CEMETERY NEAR WHERE HE WAS BORN IN RED CREEK, TUCKER COUNTY, WV
WWII - American Theater
From Month/Year
December / 1941
To Month/Year
September / 1945
Description The American Theater was a minor area of operations during World War II. This was mainly due to both North and South America's geographical separation from the central theaters of conflict in Europe and Asia. Thus, any threat by the Axis Powers to invade the mainland United States or other areas was considered negligible, allowing for American resources to be deployed in overseas theaters.
This article includes attacks on continental territory, extending 200 miles (320 km) into the ocean, which is today under the sovereignty of the United States, Canada, Mexico, and several other smaller states, but excludes military action involving the Danish territory of Greenland, the Hawaiian Islands, and the Aleutian Islands. The most well known battles in North America during World War II were the Attack on Pearl Harbor (the first attack on US soil since the Battle of Ambos Nogales), the Aleutian Islands Campaign, the Battle of the St. Lawrence, and the attacks on Newfoundland.
