bigpigeon.us webarea WW II - Germany > ETO > ETO Sea War, updated by RAC 31 Aug '19.
Germany attempted to impede progress in the ETO by small naval attacks in the English Channel area, attacks that on two occasions caused heavy loss of life. For this purpose, Germany used submarines and E-boots (the German equivalent of US PT boats). Allied naval forces also suffered losses on D-Day from German mines and shelling from shore batteries.
Germany attempted to impede progress in the ETO by small naval attacks in the English Channel area, attacks that on two occasions caused heavy loss of life. For this purpose, Germany used submarines and E-boots (the German equivalent of US PT boats). Allied naval forces also suffered losses on D-Day from German mines and shelling from shore batteries.
Sources for the WW II - The ETO Sea War webpage
- The wepage header photo, SS Leopoldville in 1937, shows the Belgian steamship Leopoldville after its 1937 renovation. Two promising young men from Pottawattamie County died on the Leopoldville on Christmas Eve 1944. The photo is courtesy of http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/ComMarBelge/Leopoldville1929-03_b2.jpg
- The webpage header photo Y-17 Memorial relates to the sinking of the US Army Tanker Y-17 off of Ostend, Belgium. The photo is courtesy of the Imperial War Museum, London, website. The memorial is located in St. Andrew's Church, Hamble, Hampshire, England. MOVED
Pottawattamie County, Iowa WW II Deaths - ETO Sea War (updated 31 Aug '19)
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- Jorgensen, George E. Jr., US Navy; signalman on army tanker Y-17; d. 9 Apr ’45 off Ostend, Belgium, torpedoed by German midget submarine U-5309. (Former student of my Aunt Ethel.)
- Saunders, Robert W., US Navy; landing craft tank LCT 305; d. 6 Jun ’44 at Omaha Beach, craft hit a mine, landed members of 197th AAA Bn. at 1500 hours, then was hit by shellfire and abandoned. Robert Saunders was the only fatality.
- Swanson, Charles E., Council Bluffs, IA, US Army; Co. H, 262th Inf. Regt., 66th Inf. Div.; d. 24 Dec ’44 off Cherbourg, English Channel, on Belgian passenger ship SS Leopoldville torpedoed by German submarine U-486, 763 US dead. (Father was former US congressman.)
- Welbourn, Eldred O., Underwood, IA, US Army; 262th Inf. Regt., 66th Inf. Div.; d. 24 Dec ’44 off Cherbourg, English Channel, on Belgian passenger ship SS Leopoldville torpedoed by German submarine U-486, 763 US dead. (Former student at Boomer #7 school.)