WWII Veteran, Army, Bronze Star Medal and Purple Heart.
"Ex-Paratrooper Decorated for Normandy Action - Former paratrooper, Thomson J. Morris, 33, of 4600 Van Ness st. nw., yesterday received the Bronze Star Medal with device for valor and first Oak Leaf Cluster. The presentation was made by Gen. E. K. Wright, commanding general of the military district of Washington; "in his office at Gravelly Point. Morris' award came as a result of his action in Normandy on D-Day, June 6. 1944. He was one of 16 men in a 60-man pathfinder team making a drop, to survive murderous German rifle and machine gun fire. Three days later, he was wounded and evacuated to England. The citation pays tribute to his "superb courage, cool-headed efficiency, and daring of the highest order," Discharged in 1945, Morris returned here to become a salesman for a retail firm in 1947. He was graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in 1938, and served as a member of the Maryland National Guard before entering the Army.''- THE WASHINGTON POST, WASHINGTON D.C., SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1952, PAGE 12.
"Pvt. Thompson J. Morris, paratrooper, whose parents, Mr. and Mrs, Alfred A. Morris, live at 4600 Van Ness st. nw., was wounded by a mortar shell on June 7 in France.''- THE WASHINGTON POST, WASHINGTON D.C., TUESDAY, AUGUST 01, 1944, PAGE 02.
WWII Veteran, Army, Bronze Star Medal and Purple Heart.
"Ex-Paratrooper Decorated for Normandy Action - Former paratrooper, Thomson J. Morris, 33, of 4600 Van Ness st. nw., yesterday received the Bronze Star Medal with device for valor and first Oak Leaf Cluster. The presentation was made by Gen. E. K. Wright, commanding general of the military district of Washington; "in his office at Gravelly Point. Morris' award came as a result of his action in Normandy on D-Day, June 6. 1944. He was one of 16 men in a 60-man pathfinder team making a drop, to survive murderous German rifle and machine gun fire. Three days later, he was wounded and evacuated to England. The citation pays tribute to his "superb courage, cool-headed efficiency, and daring of the highest order," Discharged in 1945, Morris returned here to become a salesman for a retail firm in 1947. He was graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in 1938, and served as a member of the Maryland National Guard before entering the Army.''- THE WASHINGTON POST, WASHINGTON D.C., SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1952, PAGE 12.
"Pvt. Thompson J. Morris, paratrooper, whose parents, Mr. and Mrs, Alfred A. Morris, live at 4600 Van Ness st. nw., was wounded by a mortar shell on June 7 in France.''- THE WASHINGTON POST, WASHINGTON D.C., TUESDAY, AUGUST 01, 1944, PAGE 02.
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