World War II Honoree

Walter Thomas Quigley

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Billerica, Massachusetts

Honored By

Dorothy Mary Quigley

Relationship

Wife

ENTERED THE U.S. ARMY ON FEBRUARY 18, 1941. DEPARTED THE U.S. ON THE USS HENRY T. ALLEN TO ENTER COMBAT OVERSEAS. FROM THERE, TRAVELED THROUGH MOROCCO, ALGERIA, TUNISIA, LICATA, SICILY AND PALERMO. THEY WENT TO ENGLAND AND CONTINUED TRAINING FOR THE INVASION OF NORMANDY. SERVED WITH THE 9TH INFANTRY DIVISION. CONTINUED ON TO THE BREAKTHROUGH AT ST LO AND ACROSS FRANCE, THROUGH GERMANY AND THROUGH THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE. CONTINUED ON TO THE RHINE RIVER CROSSING. CAPTURED THE REMAGEN BRIDGE AND MADE A 'FOOTHOLD' ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE RHINE RIVER. THEN THEY CONTINUED UP THROUGH THE RUHR VALLEY AND ON TO AUSTRIA, WHERE THE WAR IN EUROPE ENDED ON MAY 25, 1945. DISCHARGED FROM THE U.S. ARMY ON JUNE 24, 1945.