Instrument &
Survey Sect.
Batty. A
266th Field Arty.
1st Army
World War II
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Pfc. George E. Newsome, Jr.
Emporia, Virginia
Inducted November 1942
Discharged 1946 |
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Stationed
Camp Lee, Va.
Camp Roberts, Cal.
Camp Shelby, Miss.
Ft. Bragg, NC
SS Queen Elizabeth
Scottland/England
Bournmouth, England
St. Lo, France
Liege, Belgium
Achtung, Germany
Hospitals Paris, England, US
George Newsome's primary duty was surveying and mathamatical computations for artillery fire support. He landed in Normandy D+3 and was in the leading elements in St. Lo, Rhineland, and Rhur before pulled off line due to an alergic reation in his uniform. He experienced a close call in Liege Beligum from a Buzz Bomb attack. |
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