World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Thomas Edward Flynn
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Middletown, Connecticut
Honored By
Connecticut Patriot Guard Riders
Served in the American, European and Asiatic-Pacific Theaters of Operation at Naval Receiving Station Hartford, Connecticut, Naval Training Station Newport, Rhode Island, Naval Training School (Machinist's Mate), Wentworth Institute Boston, Massachusetts, Receiving Station New York, New York, aboard USS Hopping DE-155/APD-51 and Personnel Separation Center Lido Beach, Long Island, New York. Awarded the American Theater Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Theater Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Theater Medal with 1 Bronze Service Star, Philippine Liberation Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.