War Ace, Agent Cassady Dies
LAKE FOREST, Ill. (UPI) — World War I flying ace and World War II undercover agent
Thomas G. Cassady died Sunday at his home. He was 76.
A native of Waterloo, Iowa, Cassady left the University of Chicago in 1914 to drive an ambulance in France and join the French foreign legion. He later joined the French flying service and later was transferred to the American squadron of the Lafayette flying corps.
He shot down nine German planes, earning him the Croix de Guerre from the French government. The U.S government honored Cassady with the Distinguished Service Cross.
During World War II, Cassady was sent to Vichy as a naval attache to work with the French underground. He was captured by the Germans when they occupied Vichy and was released 13 months later in a prisoner exchange.
Cassady was then sent to Algiers, where he headed an operation to send infiltrators to southern France prior to the Allied invasion.
Following the war, Cassady became a member of a Chicago investment firm. In 1953 he took over the American Wringer Co. plant in Waterloo, a position he held until his death.
He is survived by his widow, Elizabeth, and a sister, Mrs. I. P. Swain.
The Capital Times - Monday, July 10, 1972
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