During the month of January, the 41st Lights for Peace flag to fly at the Fort Taber – Fort Rodman Military Museum honors the memory of Thomas Tripp Cary, of South Dartmouth, who served in the United States Army’s 21st Armored Infantry Battalion of the 11th Armored Division during WWII.
Cary was born in Fairhaven, MA, the son of the late Floyd Francis Cary and Anna Tripp Cary. He attended the Moses Brown School located in Providence, RI. Upon graduation, Cary was inducted into the United States Army on July 7, 1943, in Fort Devens, MA.