LARSON AWARDS MEDALS TO BRISTOL VETERAN

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 5, 2006

LARSON AWARDS MEDALS TO BRISTOL VETERAN

HARTFORD ? U.S. Representative John B. Larson (CT-1) today presented Francis F. Quigley of Bristol with medals for his services in World War II at the American Legion Hall in Bristol.

?It?s a privilege to present these medals to Corporal Quigley,? stated Larson. ?I commend him for his service in World War II and as part of the ?greatest generation? he helped build a stronger America. We could not have celebrated our nation?s independence yesterday without the efforts of Americans like Francis Quigley.?

Corporal Quigley enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Forces on February 20, 1942, and separated on October 13, 1945. He attained the rank of Corporal as a Medical Technician while serving at the Headquarters 307th Bombardment Group, 13th Army Air Force. His unit was a crack heavy bomber group known as the ?Long Rangers.?

Corporal Quigley received two Presidential Unit Citations, a Good Conduct Medal (Army), an Honorable Service Lapel Button, two Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medals, and a World War II Victory Medal.

He completed 32 months of duty participating in the following campaigns: Western Pacific, Southern Philippines, New Guinea, Eastern Mandates, Central Pacific, China, Guadalcanal, Northern Solomon?s, Bismark, Archipelago, and Luzon.

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