Postcard, C-47 Skytrain, Fort Benning, 1942, Pfc. Kenneth Reiff, 2nd Armored Division, KIA, July 12, 1943, Sicily

Genuine WWII US postcard, showing a Douglas C-47 Skytrain dropping some paratroopers during a training jump at Fort Benning, Georgia.

Postmarked on February 16, 1942, the present postcard was sent to some Margaret Anne Reiff in Bloomville, Ohio by her brother Kenneth. The latter indicates that he may soon be transferred to the 2nd Armored Division; he was later killed in action during Operation Husky in July 1943.

Kenneth Bert Reiff was born on May 6, 1918 in Crawford, Ohio and joined the US Army on December 5, 1941 (ASN 35270161). He went on to serve with 41st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Armored Division, deployed to the Mediterranean theater of operations in December 1942, and was killed in action on July 12, 1943 in Sicily.

https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&tf=F&q=35270161&bc=&rpp=10&pg=1&rid=5604745

https://fr.findagrave.com/memorial/107275372/kenneth_bert-reiff

https://fr.findagrave.com/memorial/107275825/margaret-anne-reiff

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