World War II Honoree

Theodore John Conway

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Vallejo, California

Honored By

Pearl Thomas

Served in London, North Africa, Sicily, Italy, Southern France, and back to Italy, where he finished the war with the Fifth United States Army near Verona in Northern Italy. During that period he served with the 9th Infantry Division, VI Army Corps, and Headquarters, Fifth U.S. Army. His service included battalion and regimental command and duty as aide-de-camp to British General Sir Harold Alexander. He was also one of the American officers who planned the Commando raid at Dieppe and participated as a shipboard observer on the British destroyer Alderney during that operation.