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Tom served in the 198th Field Artillery Battalion, 24 Corps. Besides Hawaii, he also served in New Guinea, Leyte & Luzon in the Philippines, and Okinawa, Japan, separating from the Army in 1946.
Returning to Cleveland, Ohio, he married his sweetheart, Irene Strauch, the two of them moving to Detroit, Michigan when he secured employment with the U.S. Post Office.
Tom was a Life Member of the VFW post in Dearborn Heights, Michigan, a member and contributor to the National WWII Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana where he had a memorial brick laid on a walkway. He was also a member of the 198th/138th Field Artillery Association, attending several reunions after his retirement.
Tom also traveled to the National WWII Memorial in Washington, D.C.
He was a member of Sacred Heart Church in Livonia, Michigan.

Duties on Oahu, Hawaii included defense, patrol, and training with the 198th Field Artillery Battalion where Tom served as a radioman in a commo unit, transmitting- receiving and relaying messages, both voice and KW (telegraph key).
The commo unit was quartered at a barracks affectionately called 'The Dog House' (separate photos appear on Ancient Faces showing that building).
After duties in Hawaii, the unit was sent to combat duty in Luzon & Leyte in the Philippines, New Guinea, and finally in Okinawa, Japan.
Tom separated as an E-5 and returned to Cleveland, Ohio where he married his sweetheart, Irene Strauch.

He was assigned to the 198th Field Artillery Battalion, 24 Corps and besides Hawaii, he also served in New Guniea, Leyte & Lauzon in the Philippines, and Okinawa, Japan, finally separating from the Army as an E-5 at Camp Atterbury, Indiana

IN THIS PHOTO MR. DICKINSON ADDRESSES MEMBERS OF THE 5TH INTERNATIONAL DNA CONFERENCE IN LYON, FRANCE IN 2007 AS HE ATTEMPTS TO PUSH FOR AN INTERNATIONAL DNA DATA BASE AND RELATED THE CASE OF HIS DAUGHTER, CAROLINE, AND THE SUCCESS OF DNA IN THAT CASE.
People in photo include: Caroline Dickinson

CAROLINE WAS IN A ROOM WITH FOUR OTHER GIRL CLASSMATES STAYING AT A YOUTH HOSTEL. THERE WERE THIRTY STUDENTS AND TEN TEACHERS STAYING AT THE FRENCH HOSTEL FROM HER SCHOOL IN CORNWALL, ENGLAND.
THE CASE WENT COLD UNTIL 2001 WHEN U.S. BORDER AGENT TOMMY ONTKO BEGAN RESEARCHING TRAVELS OF THE PRIME SUSPECT, A SPANISH MALE THEN ABOUT 50 YEARS OLD .
THOSE EFFORTS TRACKED THE SUSPECT TO MIAMI, FLORIDA. WITH THE HELP OF MIAMI-DADE POLICE THE SUSPECT WAS IDENTIFIED, LOCATED, AND ARRESTED BY U.S. AGENTS. AT THE TIME HE WAS ABOUT TO BOND OUT ON A SIMILAR SEX RELATED CHARGES IN THE U.S..
HIS DNA RESULTED IN EXTRADITION TO FRANCE TO FACE THE CHARGES THERE
THIS WAS THE FIRST CASE IN UNITED STATES HISTORY WHERE A SUSPECT WAS EXTRADITED FROM THE UNITED STATES BASED ONLY ON DNA EVIDENCE.
People in photo include: John Dickinson

People in photo include: Caroline Dickinson

People in photo include: Tony Blair and Prime Minister Tony Blair
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