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| Sgt. Gid Carter served with the 2nd Armored Division in the Battle of the Bulge. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/146224754/gid-lowe-carter https://www.worldwarphotos.info/gallery/usa/tanks/m18-hellcat/2nd-armored-division-m18-battle-of-the-bulge-jan45/ |
Gid Lowe Carter never had a chance to reach 100 years old today. Instead, he sacrificed his life for our freedom.
He was born on December 29, 1919 in Tennessee. His parents Johnny and Lula were also both born in Tennessee. His father worked as a farmer. Gid had one older brother. By 1940 Gid had completed eight years of education and found work as a laborer. He was still living with his parents.
He was drafted in the army on November 26, 1941. He became a sergeant in Company G, 2nd Battalion, 66th Regiment, 2nd Armored Division. The 2nd Armored's first major action was in Sicily in July 1943. It landed on Omaha Beach on D+3. It played a major part in the success of Operation Cobra.
After the Normandy breakout, the 2nd AD advance through France to Belgium. In December it took part in the Battle of the Bulge. On January 3, the 2nd AD combined with the 84th Infantry Division to advance from the Hotten-Grand-menil road to defeat the Germans along a nine mile front of the salient they had created. The weather was bad with waist deep snowdrifts, but it did not stop the Americans from dislodging the Germans from village after village. By January 16, the 2nd Armored had captured Houffalize and reached the Ourthe River. It also linked up with 3rd Army units coming from the south, cutting off any German units still to the west. Sgt. Carter was killed during this attack on January 14, 1945.
His grave is at Wolfe Family Cemetery in Highland, Tennessee.
Last year on this date I profiled Leland Clinton, USS Indianapolis. You can read about Leland here.
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