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Date of Passing Sep 14, 1981
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World War II/European-African-Middle Eastern Theater/Southern France Campaign (1944)
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August / 1944
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September / 1944
Description (Southern France Campaign 15 August to 14 September 1944) While the Germans were retreating in Italy in the summer of 1944, the Allies diverted some of their strength in the theater to the invasion of Southern France. After preliminary bombardment, a combined seaborne-airborne force landed on the French Riviera on 15 August. Marseilles having been taken, Sevmth Army advanced up the Rhone Valley and by mid-September was in touch with Allied forces that had entered France from the north.
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August / 1944
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September / 1944
Last Updated: Mar 16, 2020
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Memories Was the CO of the USS Champlin during this operation
