|
A
Ranger Who Led the Way!
Honoring
Thomas Sullivan, 1st and 3rd Ranger Battalion
KIA
near
Chiunzi Pass above Salerno, Italy
A more
elite soldier who arrived by land or sea ...
|
|
KIA
16
September 1943
"Tommy"
is buried in the American Cemetery located at Nettunno, Italy.
Sicily-Rome
Cemetery
Plot
J Row 13 Grave 41
Photos
submitted by
Ranger
Sullivan's nephew
Tom
Lanagan
August
2002
|
Above
photo taken February 1943 at Gafsa Station
North
Africa
Ranger
Sullivan entered the service from Rhode Island. He was one of
the Original 1st Battalion Rangers who trained at Achnacarry,
Scotland. The above photo was taken while with the 1st Battalion
in North Africa. The
photo to the left is the last photo Ranger Sullivan sent home in August 1943.
This was taken prior to the landings at Salerno, Italy while he
was with the 3rd Battalion. He
was a SGT at the time this photo was taken. Sullivan was killed
by German 88 fire on the 16 September 1943
in the mountainous heights near Chiunzi Pass above Salerno,
while returning from a patrol, which he led in this mountainous
region.
|