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The Dodge Family Association

Dodges Who Fought For Their Country
World War II - The Ultimate Sacrifice

"Not for fame or reward, not for place or for rank, not lured by ambition or goaded by necessity, but in simple obedience to duty as they understood it. They suffered all, sacrificed all, dared all, and died."

World War II Memorial, Washington, DC


Epinal American Cemetery, Epinal (Vosges), France	Florence American Cemetery, Italy	Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii	Lorraine American Cemetery, France	Manila American Cemetery, Fort Bonifacio, Manila, Philippines	Netherlands American Cemetery, Netherlands	Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France	Rhone American Cemetery, Draguignan (Var), France


Ardennes American Cemetery, and Memorial Neuville-en-Condroz, Belgium	Brittany American Cemetery, and Memorial St. James (Marche), France,	Cambridge American Cemetery, and Memorial Camridge, England	Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, and Memorial Henri-Chapelle, Belgium	Luxembourg American Cemetery, and Memorial Luxembourg City	North African American Cemetery, and Memorial Carthage, Tunisia	Rhone American Cemetery, and Memorial Nettuno, Italy

World War II songs

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John Dodge of Middle Chinnock, Somerset, England, was the father of William and Richard who came to America in 1629 and 1638, respectively. They settled in what is now, Salem, Massachusetts. Tristram Dodge came to Block Island, Rhode Island in 1660/61. He came from England, via Newfoundland, via Massachusetts.

Lineage - We do not yet know the ancestry of Edward's great grandfather, Samuel Dodge.
Edward Daniel Dodge, b. 4 May 1911, Crawford County, Wisconsin;
U.S. Army, 60th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division; Private;
Killed in Action, Tuesday, July 25, 1944 and buried at the Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France; Plot: G Row: 8 Grave: 33
Awards: Purple Heart
Edward was the son of Winfield M Dodge, and Minnie Walker
Submitted by AMBC Cemeteries

Lineage -
Edward Harry Dodge, Illinois
United States Navy, Rank: Ensign; Killed in Action Wednesday, July 25, 1945 and buried at the Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, HI, USA; Plot: C Grave: 34;
Submitted by AMBC Cemeteries

Lineage - John Dodge, Middle Chinnock, England, through Richard
Erwin August Dodge, Garfield County, Nebraska;
U.S. Army, T SG ; "Erwin Dodge, 25, Radio Operator on B-24, Shot Down in North Italy. T. Sgt. Erwin A. Dodge, 25, son of Mr. and Mrs. W.E. Dodge, has been reported missing in action over Italy since February 25, 1945 according to word received from the war department. He had been with the 15th Air Force in Italy since September. His wife, the former Jeanette Hartwig, of Kenesaw, Kansas received a letter from Sgt. Dodge's commanding officer stating that the B-24 bomber on which he was shot down near the target in northern Italy. The bomber was severely damaged by flak but two parachutes were seen to leave the plane before it crashed. T. Sgt. Dodge graduated from Ord High School in 1936 and from University of Nebraska in 1942, after which he taught agriculture in the Shelton schools for two years, entering service in June 1942. After serving in the medical corps, seven months of which time was spent in Iceland, he was transferred to the air corps. "
Erwin was the son of William Evert Dodge and Agnes Victoria Hayek
Information above taken from THE ORD QUIZ, March 29, 1945: Notice of Killed in Action submitted by The National Archives