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SSgt. Jack E Whittington(ASN-6290366)Co E, 29th Div, 115th Inf. Regt.KIA Aug. 22, 1921-Feb. 23, 1945

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    SSGT. Jack E. Whittington


    Jack E. Whittington (1921 - 1945) - Find A Grave Memorial

    http://files.usgwarchives.net/tx/robertson/cemeteries/westboone.txt - West Boone Prairie Cemetery, Robertson CO. TX Indicating SSgt. Whittington KIA/Company E

    Second World War Books: Book Review - 115th Combat Progression. Company E

    D-Day - Documents - 29th ID - 115th Infantry Regiment - After Action Report - 115th D-DAY battle progression.

    115th Infantry Regiment (United States) - Wikipedia

    Generalmajor
    Hans von der Mosel, Konteradmiral Otto Kähler and Generalmajor Hans Kroh surrender at Brest.
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    The 115th Infantry then started participation in the
    Rhineland Campaign on 15 September 1944, whereupon the 115th Infantry crossed from France to Belgium and the Netherlands both on 27 September 1944, and entered Germany on 30 September 1944.

    This campaign continued unabated until 21 March 1945, and the 115th Infantry did not take part in the Ardennes Campaign. With the end of the Rhineland Campaign, the 115th Infantry moved to the Central Europe Campaign on 22 March 1945, which continued until the end of Hostilities, which took place on 8 May 1945, but the campaign was not declared terminated until 11 May 1945.

    The 115th Infantry was on occupation duty at Bremen, Germany on VE Day, and this continued through 1946. The regiment returned to the New York Port of Embarkation on 16 January 1946, and mustered out at Camp Kilmer the next day.

    The 115th Regiment sustained 5,948 casualties during the fighting in Europe. Campaign streamers for Normandy (with arrowhead), North France, Rhineland, and Central Europe were added to the colors. Additional decorations included a distinguished unit streamer embroidered "
    St. Laurent-Sur-Mer," a streamer in the colors of the French Croix du Guerre with palms embroidered "St. Laurent-Sur-Mer," and, for the First Battalion, a streamer in the colors of the French Croix du Guerre with Silver Star embroidered "St. Lo."

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