Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Rank:

1st Lieutenant

Unit:

28th Aero Squadron, 3rd Pursuit Group, American Expeditionary Forces (AEF), U.S. Army

Awarded on:

1918

"For extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 28th Aero Squadron, 3d Pursuit Group, U.S. Army Air Service, A.E.F., near Fismes, 29 May 1918, and near Epieds, France, 5 June 1918. On 29 May 1918, Lieutenant Cassady, single-handed, attacked an LVG. German plane which crashed near Fismes. On 5 June 1918, as patrol leader of five spades, while being attacked by 12 German Fokkers, he brought down one of the enemy planes near Epieds and by his dash and courage broke the enemy formation."

War Department, General Orders No. 138

Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Rank:

1st Lieutenant

Unit:

28th Aero Squadron, 3rd Pursuit Group, American Expeditionary Forces (AEF), U.S. Army

Awarded on:

1918

"For extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 28th Aero Squadron, 3d Pursuit Group, U.S. Army Air Service, A.E.F., on 15 August 1918, near St. Maire. While in action as protection for a Salmson(?), First Lieutenant Cassady was attacked by seven Fokkers, two of which he brought down and enabled the Salmson(?) to accomplish its mission and return safely."

War Department, General Orders No. 138 (Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Distinguished Service Cross)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Captain

Unit:

Special Operations, Office of Strategic Services (OSS), U.S. Government

"Captain Thomas Gantz Cassady, United States Army, was detained by German forces while serving with the Office of Strategic Services in France during World War II, and was held as a Prisoner of War until his subsequent release from captivity in 1944."

Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Rank:

1st Lieutenant

Unit:

28th Aero Squadron, 3rd Pursuit Group, American Expeditionary Forces (AEF), U.S. Army

"He came to serve France at a time when there was no military obligation or compulsion. Object of a brilliant citation and gravely wounded in the Medical Section. He has since passed to aviation where he is indispensable in turn by the greatness of his character, his skill as a pilot, and his absolute disregard for danger. Officially credited with five enemy planes."

Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Rank:

1st Lieutenant

Unit:

28th Aero Squadron, 3rd Pursuit Group, American Expeditionary Forces (AEF), U.S. Army