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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Thomas Francis Walsh

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Mrs.Thomas F. Walsh

Relationship

Wife

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

DRAFTED APRIL 1943, PRIVATE. CORPS INSTRUCTOR OF WEAPONS MAINTENANCE AT CAMP CROFT, SOUTH CAROLINA. BECAME DRILL SERGEANT, SENT TO OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL (OCS) AT FORT BENNING, GEORGIA AS 2ND LIEUTENANT. TAUGHT INFANTRY TACTICS, CAMP GORDON, GEORGIA. AS COMPANY COMMANDER HE TOOK THE COMPANY TO THE PACIFIC; OKINAWA. LATER HE WENT INTO JAPAN AFTER THE TREATY WAS SIGNED. SENT TO GERMANY IN 1951 AND 1958, KOREA IN 1953 AND VIETNAM IN 1969 & RECEIVED LEGION OF MERIT FOR SERVICE THERE. AFTER 27 YEARS RETIRED AS A FULL COLONEL IN 1970.