Jeremiah Francis O'Sullivan
Military![Image stamped on reverse: ‘Copyright Current Affairs Ltd.’ [stamp], ‘Passed for Publication 28 Jan 1943. [stamp] and ‘245680.’ [Censor no.]
Printed caption on reverse: Playing a game of skittles, is Capt. Jeremiah F. O'Sullivan, of 2325 University Ave. New York City, now serving with the U.S.A.A Corps in Britain. Capt. O'Sullivan was formerly Professor of History and head of Dept., Fordham University School, N.Y.C. He is 39 years of age, married and took his Ph.D., degree at the Universi](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/wysiwyg_x2/public/freeman/media-378899.jpg.webp?itok=xKg93Fu0)
Image stamped on reverse: ‘Copyright Current Affairs Ltd.’ [stamp], ‘Passed for Publication 28 Jan 1943. [stamp] and ‘245680.’ [Censor no.]
Printed caption on reverse: Playing a game of skittles, is Capt. Jeremiah F. O'Sullivan, of 2325 University Ave. New York City, now serving with the U.S.A.A Corps in Britain. Capt. O'Sullivan was formerly Professor of History and head of Dept., Fordham University School, N.Y.C. He is 39 years of age, married and took his Ph.D., degree at the University of Pennsylvania. He says - " I compliment the people of Britain on their spirit and also for their wonderful hospitality". ANY33.' Roger Freeman Collection
Changed places associations from Molesworth to Thurleigh. O'Sullivan signed mission reports for the 306th Group on 27 Jan 1943 and over the course of the following months, which would suggest he was at Thurleigh at this time.
Censor numbers for other images in this series also pertain to 306th BG Personnel (see Adrian Poletti/ FRE 936 which was also wrongly identified as 303rd BG, and has censor no 245678)
Object Number - FRE 1031 - Captain Jeremiah F O'Sullivan of the US Historical Division (European Theatre), plays a game of skittles. Image stamped on reverse: ‘Copyright...
Jeremiah F O'Sullivan was born in 1902 in Cork, Ireland. He emmigrated to the United States and became a historian of Medieval History at Fordham University, New York after obtaining his PHD from the University of Pennsylvania.
O'Sullivan was part of the US Forces Historical Division in the European Theatre. As an ETOUSA Officer he was responsible for gathering intellegence after missions by interrogating crews. He signed off mission reports for the 306th Bomb Group at Thurleigh from 18 November 1942 and photographed playing skittles there in January 1943.
In 1944 he was promoted to Major and put in charge of Tactical History, working with the US First Army and combat historian Forrest C Pogue. He visited the D-Day beaches shortly after the invasion and conducted Combat Interviews of Paratroopers during Operation Market Garden.
Following the War he returned to Fordham University, and continued to teach Medieval history. O'Sullivan died in 1974.
Connections
See how this entry relates to other items in the archive by exploring the connections below.
Places
![A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg.webp?itok=6Gc6iR0j)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Based |
Thurleigh | 18 November 1942 | |
|
Born |
Cork, Ireland | ||
|
Died |
|||
|
Other Professor of History |
Fordham University, Bronx, NY, USA |
Revisions
O'Sullivan signed mission reports for the 306th Group from 18 Nov 1942. His signature appears on these mission reports until 12 August 1943, though there later are documents written, in what I beleive to be O'Sullivan's hand from September and October 1943 in the 306th BG Mission Reports which would suggest he was based at Thurleigh during this time.
O'Sullivan's combat interviews are cited in the bibilographies of Frank van Lunteren, 'The Battle of the Bridges: The 504 Parachute Infantry Regiment in Operation Market Garden', (Casemate 2014) Google Books and John C. McManus, 'September Hope: The American Side of a Bridge Too Far', (Penguin, 2012) Google Books
Author Biography- O'Sullivan, Jeremiah F, 'Cistercian Settlements in Wales and Monmouthshire 1140-1540',' Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review',( Dec 1948, 37/148), pp. 498-500, p. 498. JSTOR
Historical Section Organisational Structure on Fold 3
Pogue's War, Forrest C Pogue Google Books
![Image stamped on reverse: ‘Copyright Current Affairs Ltd.’ [stamp], ‘Passed for Publication 28 Jan 1943. [stamp] and ‘245680.’ [Censor no.]
Printed caption on reverse: Playing a game of skittles, is Capt. Jeremiah F. O'Sullivan, of 2325 University Ave. New York City, now serving with the U.S.A.A Corps in Britain. Capt. O'Sullivan was formerly Professor of History and head of Dept., Fordham University School, N.Y.C. He is 39 years of age, married and took his Ph.D., degree at the Universi](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-378899.jpg.webp?itok=aGQ-b61W)
