"According to articles in The Gadsden Times, D Company, 290th Infantry Regiment, landed in England in 1943, crossed at Normandy, fought their way across France and into Belgium and Germany. On Easter morning of 1945, after the battle of the Ruhr, eyewitness Junior Camp recalled, "The Germans had retreated across the [Rhine] river and there was no fighting. But our tanks were in pursuit of their tanks. As we entered the narrow street of that little village, one of our tanks hit a land mine and it knocked the track off the right side. Of course, nobody got hurt because those tanks were tough. We all climbed out to help put the track back on. While we were working on it, this jeep came up with two wounded soldiers headed to the field hospital. They pulled over and, attempting to pass on the left side, hit another land mine. I was standing on the right side and saw everything. The blast killed all four soldiers." The driver of the jeep was Martin Ables.
Sgt. Ables was killed in action in Germany on April 1, 1945, only days before the war ended in Germany. He was 22 years old. His body was interred at Margraten Cemetery, Aachen, Holland. It was returned to his parents in November 1948." Excerpt from Fold3.
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Sgt. Ables was killed in action in Germany on April 1, 1945, only days before the war ended in Germany. He was 22 years old. His body was interred at Margraten Cemetery, Aachen, Holland. It was returned to his parents in November 1948." Excerpt from Fold3.
For more information on SGT Ables's life and military service click on the Fold3 link below then the Stories tab.
"According to articles in The Gadsden Times, D Company, 290th Infantry Regiment, landed in England in 1943, crossed at Normandy, fought their way across France and into Belgium and Germany. On Easter morning of 1945, after the battle of the Ruhr, eyewitness Junior Camp recalled, "The Germans had retreated across the [Rhine] river and there was no fighting. But our tanks were in pursuit of their tanks. As we entered the narrow street of that little village, one of our tanks hit a land mine and it knocked the track off the right side. Of course, nobody got hurt because those tanks were tough. We all climbed out to help put the track back on. While we were working on it, this jeep came up with two wounded soldiers headed to the field hospital. They pulled over and, attempting to pass on the left side, hit another land mine. I was standing on the right side and saw everything. The blast killed all four soldiers." The driver of the jeep was Martin Ables.
Sgt. Ables was killed in action in Germany on April 1, 1945, only days before the war ended in Germany. He was 22 years old. His body was interred at Margraten Cemetery, Aachen, Holland. It was returned to his parents in November 1948." Excerpt from Fold3.
For more information on SGT Ables's life and military service click on the Fold3 link below then the Stories tab.
Sgt. Ables was killed in action in Germany on April 1, 1945, only days before the war ended in Germany. He was 22 years old. His body was interred at Margraten Cemetery, Aachen, Holland. It was returned to his parents in November 1948." Excerpt from Fold3.
For more information on SGT Ables's life and military service click on the Fold3 link below then the Stories tab.
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