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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:
Pottawattamie County, Iowa WW II Area Dead - The MTO Sea War:
† 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, Casablanca, Morocco, North Africa; Bliss sunk by German submarine U-130, 31 dead; BNR; Operation Torch.
† Andersen, Eugene Phillip, SN 648-40-43, US Navy, Pott. Co.
landing ship tank LST-36; KIA Aug 1943, NE of Palermo, Sicily; LST-36 damaged by German bomber; Operation Husky.
† Berry, Kenneth Coit, SN 648-12-71, US Navy, Pott. Co.
destroyer USS Buck (DD-420); KIA 9 Oct 1943 off Capri, Italy; Buck torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-616, 97 survived; 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 guide-bomb,197 died; BNR.
† Soppe, Raymond Ferdinand, SN 37-156-293, US Army, Tripp Co., SD
31st Signal Construction Bn.; on HMT Rhona; KIA 26 Nov 1943 off Bougie, E of Algiers, Algeria; Rhona sunk by a German guided glide bomb; 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 sunk by German E-boat torpedo, 202 crew lost; BNR.
- 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.
† 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, Casablanca, Morocco, North Africa; Bliss sunk by German submarine U-130, 31 dead; BNR; Operation Torch.
† Andersen, Eugene Phillip, SN 648-40-43, US Navy, Pott. Co.
landing ship tank LST-36; KIA Aug 1943, NE of Palermo, Sicily; LST-36 damaged by German bomber; Operation Husky.
† Berry, Kenneth Coit, SN 648-12-71, US Navy, Pott. Co.
destroyer USS Buck (DD-420); KIA 9 Oct 1943 off Capri, Italy; Buck torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-616, 97 survived; 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 guide-bomb,197 died; BNR.
† Soppe, Raymond Ferdinand, SN 37-156-293, US Army, Tripp Co., SD
31st Signal Construction Bn.; on HMT Rhona; KIA 26 Nov 1943 off Bougie, E of Algiers, Algeria; Rhona sunk by a German guided glide bomb; 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 sunk by German E-boat torpedo, 202 crew lost; BNR.