1st Lt. Thomas Meehan of Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division on his wedding day in 1942. Meehan was KIA on D-Day, June 6, 1944. - History Education Network

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1st Lt. Thomas Meehan of Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division on his wedding day in 1942. Meehan was KIA on D-Day, June 6, 1944.

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