It’s hard to believe you were only 74 when you died. How fitting it was that you were sitting in your La-Z-Boy in the house you loved in Hollywood Beach, Florida. It saddens me to think of you dying alone. Your younger sister and my mom, Mary Jane, will be 100 years old this year. I can only imagine the party you would’ve thrown for her if you were still alive.

Thomas Paul Cassiday
Born on January 11th in the year 1920.
First Lieutenant of the Army Air Force.
Bomber in the 376th Bombardment Group.

Activated on October 31st in the year 1942.
Inactivated on November 10th in the year 1945.
Forever changed by war.