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Capt. Lyndon H. Squires

Captain
Lyndon H. Squires

Captain Lyndon H. Squires

Lyndon Herman Squires was born on November 26, 1915, in Lyndonville, a small village near the town of Lyndon, Vermont, to Alice Mae Durocher (1885–1972) and Hermann Alfred Squires (1881–1961). Lyndon H. Squires entered service in the National Guard on February 6, 1934.

As a Reserve officer in the National Guard, Lyndon Squires left the 'Squires Seeds Company' of his father in Lyndonville in February 1941 to enter the service. On February 24, 1941 he became an officer receiving his gold 2nd Lieutenant bar. Lyndon Squires married Shirley Woods on March 29, 1941. After promoting again to 1st Lt. in April 1942 he rose to the rank of Captain by January 21, 1943. He was transfered from the 43rd tot the 83rd Division and it is very likely he assumed command of D Company, 329th Infantry Regiment from this moment on. While Captain Squires was participating in the Tennessee maneuvers, his first son Lyndon H. Squires Jr. was born on August 10, 1943. He landed in Britain with the 83rd in April 1944 and stayed with Company D until October 23, 1944. In Luxembourg he transferred to Division Hq and was made Division G-3, becoming the liaison officer with Corps and surrounding divisions. For his service he was awarded, among other decorations, the Combat Infantry Badge, five battle stars on his ETO ribbon and the Bronze Star Medal.

Shortly after the War was ended he attended information and education school in Paris in June 1945, leaving to become athletic director of the U.S. Army University at Biarritz, France. For his outstanding work in this capacity, the Minister of Education decorated Captain Squires with the French Silver Star on Bastille Day on July 14, 1945. For his outstanding work as liaison officer in the MIS-X6801 detachment. The unit charged with investigating and evaluating the underground work of thousands of Europeans who aided more than 5000 fallen Allied fliers to escape from occupied territory. The Polish government has presented the Polish Silver Star to Captain Squires for his assitance in investigating the resistance work of 100 Polish nationals that helped downed allied fliers return to their bases. For a similar achievement the Czech government presented him with the Medal of Merit with Silver Star of the First Degree. The latter medal is one of the highest decorations comparable to the US Legion of Merit.

After divorcing from his first wife Sherley in 1947, now Maj. Lyndon Squires married with Andree Tummers on January 15, 1948 in Paris, France. She was born (1916) in Le Havre, France to a Belgian father and French mother. They moved to the United States in June 1949 and lived in Hartford where Major Squires was in charge of U.S. Army and Air Force Recruiting Service for the state of Connecticut. Mrs. Andree Squires died suddenly on October 23, 1950. Her accidental dead was the result from an interaction of alcohol and sleeping pils. After being in the service for almost three decades Lyndon Squires retired on January 31, 1962 as a Major. He died on December 17, 1968 in Windsor, Vermont. He was survived by his third wife Helene 'Goutchkoff' Squires (1933-1985).