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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Thomas Calvin Eggleston

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Corinth, New York

Honored By

M. J.Lynett

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

ENLISTED INTO THE U.S. ARMY ON APRIL 8, 1943 AND SERVED WITH THE 66TH DIVISION AT CAMP BLANDING, FLORIDA, UNTIL HE VOLUNTEERED FOR OVERSEAS DUTY, LEAVING FROM CAMP MEAD, MARYLAND ON SEPTEMBER 9, 1944. HE SAILED ABOARD THE USS ILE DE FRANCE TO ENGLAND, CROSSED THE ENGLISH CHANNEL BY TUGBOAT AND WENT TO BELGIUM BY RAIL. THERE, HE JOINED THE 9TH INFANTRY DIVISION. HE WAS WOUNDED ON THE FRONT LINES AND RECOVERED IN ENGLAND. HE WENT BACK TO THE 9TH INFANTRY DIVISION IN GERMANY, HOLDING THE POSITION OF SQUAD LEADER AND THEN PLATOON SERGEANT UNTIL HIS DISCHARGE IN MARCH 1946.