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- Thomas_D._Howie abstract "Thomas Dry Howie (April 12, 1908 – July 17, 1944) was an American army officer, killed during the Battle of Normandy during World War II, while trying to capture the French town of Saint-Lô. He is known as "The Major of St. Lo".Howie was born in Abbeville, South Carolina, and graduated in 1929 from The Citadel, where he was president of his class, star halfback on the football team and captain of the baseball team. He taught English and coached at Staunton Military Academy in Virginia; he was commissioned into the US Army Reserve in 1932 and in 1934 transferred to the Virginia National Guard's 116th Infantry Regiment, which was based at an armory in Staunton.Howie entered active duty when the 29th Division was federalized in 1941. The unit moved to the United Kingdom in September 1942 and landed at Omaha Beach on D-Day; a little more than a month later, on July 13, 1944, Major Howie was assigned to command the 3d Battalion. On July 16, the 3d Battalion used hand grenades and bayonets to break through the German lines and join the 2d Battalion, which was isolated and nearly out of food and ammunition. Howie left the 2nd Battalion to defend the position, reporting that they were "too cut up", and planned to use the 3d Battalion alone to capture Saint-Lô. On the morning of July 17, Howie phoned Major General Charles Gerhardt, said "See you in St. Lo", and issued orders for the attack. Shortly afterward, he was killed by shrapnel during a mortar attack. The next day, the 3d Battalion entered Saint-Lô, with Howie's body on the hood of the lead jeep, at Gerhard's request, so that Howie would be the first American to enter the town. The photo of Howie's flag-draped body in the rubble of the St. Croix cathedral was widely circulated in the United States and became one of the most iconic images of the war; because of wartime security Howie's name could not be revealed, so it was famed New York Times correspondent Drew Middleton who dubbed Howie "The Major of St. Lo". 60 Minutes commentator Andy Rooney, then a reporter with the Stars and Stripes newspaper, witnessed the event and called it "one of the truly heartwarming and emotional scenes of a gruesome and frightful war".The town of Saint-Lô erected a monument to Howie. In 1956, Collier's magazine printed a story, "The Major of St. Lo" by Cornelius Ryan; it was made into an episode of the TV show Cavalcade of America that was broadcast on June 5, 1956, with Peter Graves playing the part of Howie. The bell tower on the campus of The Citadel is named in Howie's memory, and a mural of his body being carried into St. Lo is one of a series on school history displayed in Daniel Library. Staunton Military Academy honored him by establishing a drill team called the Howie Rifles, which is now part of the Army ROTC detachment at Mary Baldwin College. Howie was posthumously awarded the Silver Star, the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart, and the French Legion of Honor; he is buried at the Normandy American Cemetery. Howie's story was prominently featured in the book Citizen Soldiers by renowned historian Stephen Ambrose; after having served as a script consultant on the movie Saving Private Ryan, he indicated that Howie was the model for the Tom Hanks character of Captain John Miller.".
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- Thomas_D._Howie award Bronze_Star_Medal.
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- Thomas_D._Howie birthDate "1908-04-12".
- Thomas_D._Howie birthPlace Abbeville,_South_Carolina.
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- Thomas_D._Howie deathDate "1944-07-17".
- Thomas_D._Howie deathPlace Saint-Lô.
- Thomas_D._Howie deathYear "1944".
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- Thomas_D._Howie militaryCommand "3rd Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division".
- Thomas_D._Howie serviceEndYear "1932".
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- Thomas_D._Howie wikiPageWikiLinkText "Major Howie".
- Thomas_D._Howie wikiPageWikiLinkText "Major Thomas Howie".
- Thomas_D._Howie wikiPageWikiLinkText "The Major of St. Lo".
- Thomas_D._Howie wikiPageWikiLinkText "Thomas D. Howie".
- Thomas_D._Howie allegiance "United States of America".
- Thomas_D._Howie awards Bronze_Star_Medal.
- Thomas_D._Howie awards Silver_Star.
- Thomas_D._Howie awards "Purple Heart, Croix de Guerre".
- Thomas_D._Howie battles World_War_II.
- Thomas_D._Howie birthDate "1908-04-12".
- Thomas_D._Howie birthPlace Abbeville,_South_Carolina.
- Thomas_D._Howie branch United_States_Army.
- Thomas_D._Howie caption "The flag-draped body of Maj. Thomas Howie rests on the rubble of the St. Lo Cathedral, 1944".
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- Thomas_D._Howie dateOfBirth "1908-04-12".
- Thomas_D._Howie dateOfDeath "1944-07-17".
- Thomas_D._Howie deathDate "1944-07-17".
- Thomas_D._Howie deathPlace "near Saint-Lô, France".
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- Thomas_D._Howie name "Howie, Thomas D.".
- Thomas_D._Howie name "Thomas Dry Howie".
- Thomas_D._Howie placeOfBirth Abbeville,_South_Carolina.
- Thomas_D._Howie placeOfDeath "Saint-Lô, France".
- Thomas_D._Howie rank Major_(United_States).
- Thomas_D._Howie serviceyears "1932".
- Thomas_D._Howie shortDescription "United States Army officer".
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