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bigpigeon.us webarea  WW II - Germany > MTO > MTO Sea War, updated by RAC 8 Sep 2020.
During the earlier stages of US operations in the Mediterranean Theater, the German Luftwaffe still had strong offensive capabilities. Thus three of the six Pottawattamoie County fallen listed below died via Luftwaffe attacks. 
Sources for the The MTO Sea War webpage:
  • The webpage header photo HMT Rhona is courtesy of history.com. The Rhona took to their graves 1,015 American servicemen; 35 more subsequently died of wounds. Except for the sinking of the USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor, it was the worst naval disaster in US military history.

​Pottawattamie County, Iowa WW II Area Dead - The MTO Sea War:
  • Taken from the bigpigeon.us WW II Dead webarea.
​02-03 - The MTO Sea War: (six dead, updated 7 Oct 2020)
† Alff, John Fredrick, SN 37-118-084, US Army, Cass Co.
  • 436 Coast Artillery Bn.; on troop transport USS Tasker H. Bliss (AP-42); KIA 12 Nov 1942 Fedala Roads, off Casablanca, Morocco, North Africa; Bliss sunk by German submarine U-130, 31 dead, 204 survivors; Operation Torch - The MTO > MTO Sea War; BNR.
† Andersen, Eugene Phillip, SN 648-40-43, US Navy, Pott. Co.
  • Landing Ship Tank LST-3; KIA Aug 1943 NE of Palermo, Sicily; LST-3 damaged by German bomber; Operation Husky - The MTO > MTO Sea War.
† Berry, Kenneth Coit, SN 648-12-71, US Navy, Pott. Co.
  • Destroyer USS Buck (DD-420); KIA 9 Oct 1943 off Capri, Naples Bay, Italy; Buck torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-616; 168 dead, 94 survivors; Salerno-Naples-Foggia - The MTO > MTO Sea War; BNR.
† Morris, Eddie Jack, SN 648-09-05, US Navy, Pott. Co.
  • Cruiser USS Savannah (CL-52); KIA 11 Sep 1943 off Salerno, Italy; Savannah damaged by radio-controlled German guide-bomb,197 died; Salerno-Naples-Foggia - The MTO > MTO Sea War; BNR.
† Soppe, Raymond Ferdinand, SN 37-156-293, US Army, Tripp Co., SD
  • Co. B, 31st Signal Const. Bn.; on HMT Rhona, part of convoy KMF-36 traversing the Mediterranean from Gibraltar to the Suez Canal, Co. B probably boarded the Rhona in Oran, Algeria and was bound for the China-Burma-India Theater via Bombay, India; KIA 26 Nov 1943 off Bougie, E of Algiers, Algeria; Rhona sunk by a German guided glide bomb; abt 1,173 died, including 1,050 US personnel, abt 819 survivors; The MTO > MTO Sea War; BNR.
† Supernois, Donald Ward, SN 316-34-38, US Navy, Pott. Co. & Portsmouth, VA
  • Destroyer USS Rowan (DD-405); KIA 11 Sep 1943 off Salerno, Italy; Rowan hit by German E-boat torpedo, sank in one minute; 202 dead, 71 survivors; Salerno-Naples-Foggia - The MTO > MTO Sea War; BNR.
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