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unusual facts about European Theater



Jackson Graham

He served with two combat engineer units in the European Theater during World War II and commanded three heavy pontoon battalions at Remagen.

Medal of Honor: Allied Assault

It re-enacts 3 major European Theater battles through the eyes of Sgt. Jack Barnes (who is voiced by Gary Oldman), a paratrooper of the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division.

Operation Darkness

Operation Darkness follows a squad of British SAS soldiers fighting the Nazis across the European Theater.

Paul D. Adams

Following that assignment, he became commanding officer of the 143d Infantry Regiment, 36th Infantry Division, serving in the Mediterranean Theater and European Theater from January 1944 to January 1945.

Silas B. Hays

In May he was assigned as Chief of the Supply Division in the Office of the European Theater's Chief Surgeon, responsible for acquiring, storing and distributing blood, plasma, penicillin and other medical supplies American service members required during combat in Europe.

USS LST-1

During World War II, LST-1 was assigned to the European Theater and participated in the following operations: Allied invasion of Sicily (July 1943); Salerno Landings (September 1943); Anzio-Nettuno phase of operations on the west coast of Italy (January to March 1944); and the Invasion of Normandy (June 1944).


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832d Bombardment Squadron

In March 1944, after several months of training, the squadron was deployed to the European Theater of Operations (ETO), being assigned to Eighth Air Force in England.

Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial

In a solemn ceremony, General Edward J. O'Neill, Commanding General of the U.S. Army Communication Zone, Europe, selected the Unknown to represent the European Theater.

European Theater of Operations United States Army

The European Theater of Operations, United States Army (ETOUSA) was a United States Army formation which directed US Army operations in parts of Europe from 1942 to 1945.

After the war in Europe ended, ETOUSA became briefly U.S. Armed Forces Europe, then U.S. Forces, European Theater (USFET), and then, eventually, United States Army Europe.

Joseph T. Taylor

His battalion was committed to combat in the European Theater of Operations and he fought at the Battle of the Bulge.

Malayan Campaign

The remaining offensive aircraft—the Bristol Blenheim, Lockheed Hudson light bombers and very specially the Vickers Vildebeest torpedo bombers—were considered obsolete for the European theater of operations.

Otojirō Kawakami

From January to May 1893, under the suggestion of a mutual friend Baron Kentaro Kaneko, Otojiro traveled to Paris to study European theater and learn how to improve his troupe's success.

Pinellas Army Airfield

A plaque was dedicated at the St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport passenger terminal in 1994 by the P-51 Fighter Pilots Association and Brigadier General James H. Howard, USAF (Ret), the only European Theater fighter pilot to be awarded the Medal of Honor in World War II and the last wartime base commander of Pinellas Army Airfield.

Sig Alert

Sigmon had worked for Golden West's station KMPC 710 in 1941, but found himself in the United States Army Signal Corps during World War II, assigned to General Dwight D. Eisenhower's staff, in charge of non-combat radio communications in the European theater.

Yankev Shternberg

In 1930 he created a hugely successful studio theater BITS ("Bukareshter Yidishe Teater-Studiye"), housed in Bucharest's Jewish quarter Văcăreşti, that played a prominent role in the development of modern trends in European theater.