FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 5, 2006LARSON 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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