World War II Honoree

Thomas Francis Conroy, Jr., M.D.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

New York, New York

Honored By

Thomas A. Conroy

Relationship

Son

MEDICAL DOCTOR SPECIALIZING IN UROLOGY. INDUCTED AT FORT LEWIS, WASHINGTON, AS A CAPTAIN. LANDED IN SOUTHERN FRANCE IN SUMMER 1944 AS A MEMBER OF OPERATION DRAGOON AND SERVED IN A VARIETY OF U.S. ARMY HOSPITALS WHICH FOLLOWED THE PROGRESS OF OUR TROOPS INTO GERMANY. AFTER V-E DAY, NOW A MAJOR, HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE U.S. ARMY GENERAL HOSPITAL IN FRANKFURT, GERMANY, UNTIL HIS RETURN TO THE U.S. IN JANUARY, 1945.