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Tom was a member of the 501st Airborne Battalion, 101st Airborne Division and parachuted along with
the rest of his company in the early morning of D Day, June 7, 1944.
The 501st was to drop northeast of the town of Carentan, France about five hours before the amphibious
landing at Normandy. A combination of low clouds and antiaircraft fire caused the troops to be scattered and most did
not land near the target area. Tom was captured on June 8 and was a POW for until April 13, 1945.
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"Poppy" passed
away March 1, 1987. The site was created for his four daughters, grandchildren, great grandchildren, and
all others who honor and respect what our Veteran's have sacrificed.
This site displays
some of the information about Tom's time in the service.
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| Tom and Janice August 1945 |
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Most of this information was gathered from a 3 ring binder that I compiled after my mother in law Janice
(Tom's wife) passed away. She had a "footlocker" type trunk with family pictures and heirlooms. The trunk also
held most of these articles and Tom's "dress" uniform. Unfortunately the dates of the newspaper articles are not included.
I've done my best to scan and clean up these articles but they are all over 60 years old and some were "taped" in old photo
albums.
Tom's mother Mary (Molly) Wilson also collected at lot of the data. Some of it refers to Sperry Gyroscope/Columbia
Aircraft Corporation where she worked during the War. Sperry was also Tom's employer before he joined the service.
There are several other articles in the binder about the war, pow's maps, pictures, etc. that do not involve Tom directly.
There are also 8 or 9 "Prisoners Of War Bulletins" which were "Published by the American National Red Cross
for the Relatives Of American Prisoners of Wa and Civilian Internees"
 
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