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Obituary: Richard H. Gibb
PORTLAND - Richard “Dick” Gibb, 90, of Portland, died peacefully on Wednesday May 19, 2021, at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House .
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Richard H. Gibb
PORTLAND – Richard “Dick” Gibb, 90, of Portland, died peacefully on Wednesday May 19, 2021, at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough. Richard was born on Feb. 16, 1931, in Portland to Alexander and Evelyn Gibb. He grew up on Neil Street and later Wellington Road where he attended Portland schools and was a graduate of Deering High School.
Richard enlisted in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War and served honorably from 1951-1954. He was assigned to Aircraft Development Squadron Three (VX-3) at NAS Atlantic City and later Airborne Early Warning Squadron Two (VW-2) Det. A at NAF Port Lyautey, Morocco. During his naval career he was a qualified plane captain on the Beechcraft SNB, Vought F-4U-5 Corsair, and AD-1 Skyraider. He served aboard numerous aircraft carriers in the Atlantic
Operation Torch: Why Did America Fight French Forces in 1942?
Instead of welcoming American troops with brass bands, Vichy France’s colonial forces fought back with everything they had.
Here s What You Need to Know: Early in the North African campaign, American tankers battled the Vichy French.
Lucian Truscott needed a cigarette. The 47-year-old brigadier general was having the worst night of his life. Earlier that day, American troops under his command charged ashore on the Atlantic coast of French Morocco as part of Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of North Africa. From the start, though, almost nothing went right.
“As far as I could see along the beach there was chaos,” Truscott recalled. “Landing craft were beaching in the pounding surf, broaching to the waves, and spilling men and equipment into the water. Men wandered about aimlessly, hopelessly lost, calling to each other and for their units, swearing at each other and at nothing.”