Hebron Journal dated 3-25-2015~~~70 Years Ago, 1945:
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Clements of Davenport recently received a message stating that their son, T-5 Maurice E. Cements who was previously reported missing in action on Aug. 31, was killed in action on that day.
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Killed while serving his county in France.
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Note: Entered the Service from Nebraska.
Burial:
Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial
Epinal
Departement des Vosges
Lorraine, France
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Record added: Aug 07, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial# 56371686
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He was killed after the 3rd Armored Division "spearheaded" the US First Army through Normandy, taking part in a number of engagements, notably including the Battle of Saint Lô, where it suffered significant casualties. After facing heavy fighting in the hedgerows, and developing methods to overcome the vast thickets of brush and earth that constrained its mobility, the unit broke out at Marigny, alongside the 1st Infantry Division, and swung south to Mayenne. The engineers and maintenance crews took the large I-Beam Invasion barriers from the beaches at Normandy and used the beams to weld large crossing rams on the front of the Sherman tanks. They would then hit the hedgerows at high speed, bursting through them without exposing the vulnerable underbellies of the tanks. Until this happened, they could not get across the hedgerows.
Ordered to help close the Falaise Gap and Argentan pocket which contained the German Seventh Army, the division finished the job near Putanges by 18 August. Six days later the outfit had sped through Courville and Chartres and was located at the banks of the Seine River. On the night of 25 August 1944 the crossing of the Seine by the division started; once over, the 3rd slugged its way across France, reaching Belgium on 2 September 1944.
Liberated in the path of the division were Meaux, Soissons, Laon, Marle, Mons, Charleroi, Namur and Liege. It was at Mons that the division cut off 40,000 Wehrmacht troops and captured 8,000 prisoners.
His body was taken to a temporary cemetery at Solers which is SE of Paris and remained there until the family requested it be buried in a permanent cemetery - Epinal. He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Clements of Davenport recently received a message stating that their son, T-5 Maurice E. Cements who was previously reported missing in action on Aug. 31, was killed in action on that day.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Killed while serving his county in France.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Note: Entered the Service from Nebraska.
Burial:
Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial
Epinal
Departement des Vosges
Lorraine, France
Edit Virtual Cemetery info [?]
Created by: CWGC/ABMC
Record added: Aug 07, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial# 56371686
----------
He was killed after the 3rd Armored Division "spearheaded" the US First Army through Normandy, taking part in a number of engagements, notably including the Battle of Saint Lô, where it suffered significant casualties. After facing heavy fighting in the hedgerows, and developing methods to overcome the vast thickets of brush and earth that constrained its mobility, the unit broke out at Marigny, alongside the 1st Infantry Division, and swung south to Mayenne. The engineers and maintenance crews took the large I-Beam Invasion barriers from the beaches at Normandy and used the beams to weld large crossing rams on the front of the Sherman tanks. They would then hit the hedgerows at high speed, bursting through them without exposing the vulnerable underbellies of the tanks. Until this happened, they could not get across the hedgerows.
Ordered to help close the Falaise Gap and Argentan pocket which contained the German Seventh Army, the division finished the job near Putanges by 18 August. Six days later the outfit had sped through Courville and Chartres and was located at the banks of the Seine River. On the night of 25 August 1944 the crossing of the Seine by the division started; once over, the 3rd slugged its way across France, reaching Belgium on 2 September 1944.
Liberated in the path of the division were Meaux, Soissons, Laon, Marle, Mons, Charleroi, Namur and Liege. It was at Mons that the division cut off 40,000 Wehrmacht troops and captured 8,000 prisoners.
His body was taken to a temporary cemetery at Solers which is SE of Paris and remained there until the family requested it be buried in a permanent cemetery - Epinal. He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Hebron Journal dated 3-25-2015~~~70 Years Ago, 1945:
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Clements of Davenport recently received a message stating that their son, T-5 Maurice E. Cements who was previously reported missing in action on Aug. 31, was killed in action on that day.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Killed while serving his county in France.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Note: Entered the Service from Nebraska.
Burial:
Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial
Epinal
Departement des Vosges
Lorraine, France
Edit Virtual Cemetery info [?]
Created by: CWGC/ABMC
Record added: Aug 07, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial# 56371686
----------
He was killed after the 3rd Armored Division "spearheaded" the US First Army through Normandy, taking part in a number of engagements, notably including the Battle of Saint Lô, where it suffered significant casualties. After facing heavy fighting in the hedgerows, and developing methods to overcome the vast thickets of brush and earth that constrained its mobility, the unit broke out at Marigny, alongside the 1st Infantry Division, and swung south to Mayenne. The engineers and maintenance crews took the large I-Beam Invasion barriers from the beaches at Normandy and used the beams to weld large crossing rams on the front of the Sherman tanks. They would then hit the hedgerows at high speed, bursting through them without exposing the vulnerable underbellies of the tanks. Until this happened, they could not get across the hedgerows.
Ordered to help close the Falaise Gap and Argentan pocket which contained the German Seventh Army, the division finished the job near Putanges by 18 August. Six days later the outfit had sped through Courville and Chartres and was located at the banks of the Seine River. On the night of 25 August 1944 the crossing of the Seine by the division started; once over, the 3rd slugged its way across France, reaching Belgium on 2 September 1944.
Liberated in the path of the division were Meaux, Soissons, Laon, Marle, Mons, Charleroi, Namur and Liege. It was at Mons that the division cut off 40,000 Wehrmacht troops and captured 8,000 prisoners.
His body was taken to a temporary cemetery at Solers which is SE of Paris and remained there until the family requested it be buried in a permanent cemetery - Epinal. He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Clements of Davenport recently received a message stating that their son, T-5 Maurice E. Cements who was previously reported missing in action on Aug. 31, was killed in action on that day.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Killed while serving his county in France.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Note: Entered the Service from Nebraska.
Burial:
Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial
Epinal
Departement des Vosges
Lorraine, France
Edit Virtual Cemetery info [?]
Created by: CWGC/ABMC
Record added: Aug 07, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial# 56371686
----------
He was killed after the 3rd Armored Division "spearheaded" the US First Army through Normandy, taking part in a number of engagements, notably including the Battle of Saint Lô, where it suffered significant casualties. After facing heavy fighting in the hedgerows, and developing methods to overcome the vast thickets of brush and earth that constrained its mobility, the unit broke out at Marigny, alongside the 1st Infantry Division, and swung south to Mayenne. The engineers and maintenance crews took the large I-Beam Invasion barriers from the beaches at Normandy and used the beams to weld large crossing rams on the front of the Sherman tanks. They would then hit the hedgerows at high speed, bursting through them without exposing the vulnerable underbellies of the tanks. Until this happened, they could not get across the hedgerows.
Ordered to help close the Falaise Gap and Argentan pocket which contained the German Seventh Army, the division finished the job near Putanges by 18 August. Six days later the outfit had sped through Courville and Chartres and was located at the banks of the Seine River. On the night of 25 August 1944 the crossing of the Seine by the division started; once over, the 3rd slugged its way across France, reaching Belgium on 2 September 1944.
Liberated in the path of the division were Meaux, Soissons, Laon, Marle, Mons, Charleroi, Namur and Liege. It was at Mons that the division cut off 40,000 Wehrmacht troops and captured 8,000 prisoners.
His body was taken to a temporary cemetery at Solers which is SE of Paris and remained there until the family requested it be buried in a permanent cemetery - Epinal. He was awarded the Purple Heart.
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