Captain Thomas Garahan of the 100th Infantry Division raises the Stars & Stripes after Bitche, France was liberated - March 16, 1945
Captain Garahan was with Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 398th Infantry Regiment, 100th Infantry Division, the US flag was made secretly by a local French girl during the German occupation.
Thomas Hugh Garahan was born on March 21, 1916 in Brooklyn, New York. He was awarded the Bronze Star, the Silver Star, and the Purple Heart for his WW2 service.
Thomas was marred to Catherine Slavin, they had seven children. He passed away at the age of 72 on September 23, 1988, Catherine passed away at the age of 78 on March 10, 1995.
They are buried together at Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Ithaca, New York.