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Home Town Cincinnati, Ohio
Last Address Former Governor Gilligan died at his home in Cincinnati, age 92. His body was donated to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center.
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.
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
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August / 1944
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September / 1944
Last Updated: Mar 16, 2020
Personal Memories
Memories USS Emmons returned to Mers-el-Kebir 10 July 1944 with a transport convoy she had brought across from Portland, then had escort duty in the Mediterranean ports preparing for the assault on southern France. She sailed from Taranto, Italy, for the beachheads, 11 August, and on the 15th began preinvasion bombardment. She remained off the beaches all day to provide fire support to troops storming ashore. Escort duty took her away to Italian and Corsican ports, but she returned to patrol off the French Riviera until October.