World War II Honoree

Thurston Smith Goodrich

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Owego, New York

Honored By

Terry Thurston Goodrich

Relationship

Son

THURSTON 'TED' GOODRICH WAS DRAFTED INTO THE U S ARMY AT AGE 31 IN EARLY 1944. UPON ENTERING THE ARMY HE LEFT HIS WIFE DORIS AND THREE CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF FOUR. AFTER BASIC TRAINING AT CAMP BLANDING, FLORIDA, HE CROSSED THE ATLANTIC ON THE QUEEN MARY TO A STATION IN ENGLAND. TED FOUGHT IN BELGIUM, FRANCE AND GERMANY AS AN INFANTRYMAN MACHINE GUNNER. AFTER BEING WOUNDED AND RECOUPERATING AT SOMERSET, ENGLAND, HE RETURNED TO FIGHT IN GERMANY UNTIL THE WAR'S END. TED RETURNED HOME AND RAISED A FAMILY OF FOUR CHILDREN WITH HIS WIFE DORIS, ON A SMALL FARM IN UPSTATE NEW YORK. TED AND DORIS WERE MARRIED OVER 59 YEARS AT HIS DEATH IN 1997.