First Lieutenant Thomas Meehan III (July 8, 1921 – June 6, 1944) was a commissioned officer with Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, in the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army during World War II. Meehan was portrayed in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers by Jason O'Mara.
He enjoyed drawing and painting as a hobby. After graduating from Germantown High School in 1939, he completed two years at the Philad...
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First Lieutenant Thomas Meehan III (July 8, 1921 – June 6, 1944) was a commissioned officer with Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, in the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army during World War II. Meehan was portrayed in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers by Jason O'Mara.
He enjoyed drawing and painting as a hobby. After graduating from Germantown High School in 1939, he completed two years at the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art to become a commercial artist, but the war intervened before graduation. Meehan enlisted in his hometown of Philadelphia Pennsylvania on March 16, 1941.
After serving in Company "B" (Baker) after arriving in the United Kingdom, Meehan transferred to Company "E" (Easy) to replace Captain Herbert Sobel, who had been transferred to command a parachute training school for non-combat officers.
On D-Day, Meehan was killed when the C-47 Skytrain transport aircraft he was a passenger in was hit by German anti...
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