RESIDENCE (DURING WWII):
Central City, Merrick County, Nebraska,
Central City, Merrick County, Nebraska,
✭ Normandy Campaign (6 June – 24 July 1944), ✭ Northern France Campaign (25 July – 14 September 1944)
🎖European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, 🎖Combat Infantry Badge
"We moved forward to approach the Vire River and were on the forward slope of a hill when we encountered some heavy resistance from both sides of the river. Barnes detailed my squad to secure a small farm to the left of the line. Halfway through this venture we were pinned down by intensive machine gun fire. A precarious withdrawal with the coaching of Barnes. I was the last one out, bringing with me my ward, Paul Turbeville.
There were a lot of hot M-1s that morning. In an attempt to flank a Jerry machine gun, we lost several men of my squad. My first scout, Del Pavelka, was KIA. He too had been a fox hole buddy of mine," William G. Nicholson, squad leader in Company B.
Men of the 2nd ID
File Unit: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 - 1946
(Enlistment Records)
in the Series: World War II Army Enlistment Records,
created 6/1/2002 - 9/30/2002,
documenting the period ca. 1938 - 1946.
- Record Group 64
(info)
Brief Scope: This series contains records of approximately nine million men and women who enlisted in the United States Army, including the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps.
Source: aad.archives.gov/aad/