| HQ
COMPANY, 2nd BATTALION - CAMP MACKALL, 1943 (or other location as
noted) |
 West Point Cadet Boxer
Thomas J. B. Shanley was the Eastern Intercollegiate Champion in 1938
and Welterweight Champion in 1939 (Courtesy Irv
Shanley) |
 Cadet Thomas James Bartley
Shanley was commissioned a 2nd Lt. after graduating from the U.S.
Military Academy at West Point in 1939.
During the D-Day invasion of Normandy, LTC Shanley led the 2nd
Battalion of the 508th PIR on June 6, 1944 along with troopers from
other units to Hill 30 near Picauville and Ste. Mere Eglise where they
held off strong assaults from German forces trying to reach the beaches
to repel the American landings there.
Biography. (Photo and biography courtesy Irv
Shanley) |
JUMP SCHOOL! Lieutenant Thomas J.B. Shanley prepares to make a
qualifying jump while attending the Parachute Jump School at Fort
Benning, GA in August 1941. Tom became the Regimental Operations Officer
when the 508th PIR was formed in October 1942 and later the
Commanding Officer of the 2”d Battalion. He commanded 400
paratroopers on Hill 30, near Piceauville in Normandy, France during the
parachute invasion on June 6,1944 (D-Day).
(courtesy of
Irv Shanley) |
 Tom
Shanley, photo on leave at his family home. |
 Maj
Thomas J. B. Shanley
[1943] Camp Mackall, NC |
 Maj
Thomas J. B. Shanley
[1943] after assuming command of 2nd Bn |
 Pvt
George A. Shenkle
|
 George A. Shenkle
ca. 1945, probably taken in Germany |
 George
Shenkle
rank, date and location unknown |
 Chappell
S. Sims
(Hq 2nd, 1945) date and location unknown |
