Thomas Ronald Brady
24 Jul 1926 NJ - 17 Oct 1949
Son of Thomas Joseph Brady & Eileen G. Banks
Thomas Brady, Air Force Vet
East Orange Man was on Plane at Nagasaki in
A-Bomb Raid
Thomas Ronald Brady,
son of Patrolman Thomas J. Brady and former Assemblywoman Mrs. Eileen Brady of
East Orange, died today in Jersey City Medical Center after a long illness. The
cause of his death was given as Hodgkin’s disease. He was 23. Mr. Brady, who
lived with his parents at 501 Park avenue, was a flight sergeant with the Army
Air Forces during the war. He was on one of the planes which dropped an atomic
bomb on Nagasaki in August 1945. He was hospitalized for four months of the
year he spent in Japan after the war. He was in and out of the medical center
since last January, having last been admitted in April. Attended Upsala. Prior
to his illness he played football for Upsala College, East Orange, which he
attended after leaving services in October, 1846. He also played football at
East Orange High School, graduating from there in 1944. He was a member of
American Legion Post 73, East Orange. Besides his parents, he leaves two
brothers, William, an East Orange High School student, and John Brady of Livingston.
Thomas Brady, Air
Force Vet. (1949, October 17). Newark
Evening News, p. 28. New Jersey State Library, Trenton, NJ.
I wonder if his"Hodgkin’s disease" was caused by exposure or if this was a cover story.
ReplyDeleteI was wondering the same thing...how sad, since he was so young.
ReplyDeleteI had the same thought as Charlie. But I've been busy doing the math - he was just a kid during the war. Well, he was just a kid when he died too. Such a short life but he was a football hero and war hero, although that's not much consolation for his family, I'm sure.
ReplyDeleteRonnie's story is sad, to die at such a young age. His death certificate agrees with his obituary's cause of death. I don't think those planes offered any protection from the effects of the bomb.
ReplyDeleteI had heard of my Grandfather's brother Thomas but I had always heard he died very young. No one ever told me how he passed in my memory. I had always assumed maybe my Nana (Eileen Banks Brady) lost him after child birth. I had NO IDEA about all this history.
ReplyDeleteMy Grandfather John Joseph Brady stormed the beaches of Normandy on DDay, and my Nina (Carlyle Purcell Brady) told me he assisted in the liberation of several concentration camps. They were married not even a week after he returned home from the war.