WALTER'S TIMELINE

A Chronology of Walter McElvain's World War II Experience

February 1943 Drafted and inducted into US Army at Bloomington, Indiana; Sent to basic training at Ft. Lewis, Washington
January 25, 1944 Arrived at Camp Polk, Lousiana
April 20, 1944 Arrived at Camp Phillips, Salina, Kansas
August 23, 1944 Arrived at Camp Miles Standish, Massachusetts
September 5, 1944 Shipped out from Boston on USS William Gordon
September 15, 1944 Landed at Cherbourg, France
October 1944 Introduced into combat at Foret De Parroy, France
March 22, 1945 Advanced into Germany with US Seventh Army
April 26, 1945 Pulled from combat duty at Ulm, Germany
May 1945 Transferred to Army hospital in Commercy, France
July 1945 Transferred to Percy Jones Army Hospital in Battle Creek, Michigan
January 26, 1946 Died in Percy Jones Army Hospital

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