RESIDENCE (DURING WWII):
Parsons, Labette County, Kansas
Parsons, Labette County, Kansas
✭ Normandy Campaign (6 June – 24 July 1944), ✭ Northern France Campaign (25 July – 14 September 1944), ✭ Ardennes-Alsace Campaign (16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945), ✭ Rhineland Campaign (15 September 1944 – 21 March 1945), ✭ Central Europe Campaign (22 March – 11 May 1945)
Cpl. Joseph E. Gahagan joined the 2nd ID soon after D-Day and went through the five major campaigns that followed without fear and unwounded. During the Battle of the Bulge, he was found in a foxhole with three dead G.I.'s and one other still alive. They had been there 4 days and when discovered, he did not know his own name. He was hospitalized due to the combat fatigue. After extensive shock treatments at the VA, he worked as a baggage handler for TWA airlines. Never married.
Col. James Gahagan, USAF (deceased brother), Joseph B. Ramsey (Nephew) and John Casey Ramsey (Great Nephew)
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/