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Operation Dragoon (initially Operation Anvil) was the code name for the landing operation of the Allied invasion of Provence (Southern France) on 15 August 1944. Although initially designed to be executed in conjunction with Operation Overlord, the June 1944 Allied landing in Normandy, a lack of available resources led to a cancellation of the second landing.
Butler became the deputy commander of the VI Corps in March 1944. [12] On 1 August, in preparation for Operation Dragoon, the Allied invasion of Southern France, the VI Corps commander, Major General Lucian K. Truscott placed Butler in change of an ad hoc armored force known as Task Force Butler.
Task Force 85 [16] Rear Admiral Bertram J. Rodgers Battleship USS Nevada bombarding the French coast during Operation Dragoon French light cruiser Montcalm. Rear Admiral Bertram J. Rodgers in amphibious force flagship Biscayne. Force Flagship Group Force flagship: USS Biscayne 1 Gleaves-class (4 × 5-in. main battery) destroyer: USS Forrest
Major General Robert Tryon Frederick (March 14, 1907 – November 29, 1970) was a senior United States Army officer.During World War II, he commanded the 1st Special Service Force nicknamed the "Devil's Brigade", and the 1st Allied Airborne Task Force an ad hoc division-sized airborne formation, commanding the task force as a Brigadier General during Operation Dragoon.
Northern Troops and Landing Force (Task Group 56.1 – Saipan and Tinian) ... Colonel Arthur H. Butler ... March 1944 – August 1944.
Samuel B. Roberts was sunk in the Battle off Samar, in which a small force of U.S. warships prevented a superior Imperial Japanese Navy force from attacking the amphibious invasion fleet off the Philippine island of Leyte. The battle formed part of the larger Battle of Leyte Gulf of October 1944. [2]
The task force, along with several members of Congress including U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly of Butler and Democratic Rep. Jason Crow of Colorado, are speaking at the Butler Farm Show grounds regarding ...
Battle off Samar; Part of the Battle of Leyte Gulf, Philippines Campaign (1944–45), Pacific War (World War II): The escort carrier Gambier Bay, burning from earlier gunfire damage, is bracketed by a salvo from a Japanese cruiser (faintly visible in the background, center-right) shortly before sinking during the Battle off Samar.