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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 - European Theater of Operations/Normandy Campaign (1944)
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June / 1944
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July / 1944
Description Normandy Campaign 6 June to 24 July 1944) Early on D-Day airborne troops landed in France to gain control of strategic areas. Aerial and naval bombardment followed. Then the invasion fleet, covered by an umbrella of aircraft, discharged Eisenhower’s assault forces. Soon the beachhead was secure, but its expansion was a slow and difficult process in the face of strong opposition. It was not until late in July that the Allies were able to break out of Normandy.
