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William G. Lord II
William Galey Lord II (August 27, 1923 - August 4, 2008) was an American D-Day paratrooper, an ocean-racing navigator, and later a successful business leader.
Born on August 27, 1923 in Philadelph...view moreWilliam Galey Lord II (August 27, 1923 - August 4, 2008) was an American D-Day paratrooper, an ocean-racing navigator, and later a successful business leader.
Born on August 27, 1923 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Edwin and Helene Schock Lord, he was a direct descendant of Thoomas Lord, one of the founders of Hartford, Connecticut, in 1636. After graduating from the Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Connecticut, Lord enrolled at Yale University but left in 1942 to enlist in the U.S. Army. He immediately volunteered for a new type of outfit called the parachute infantry. He served with the 508th Parachute Infantry attached to the 82nd Airborne Division and parachuted behind Utah Beach in Normandy, France, in the early morning of June 6, 1944. Holding the rank of corporal on that D-Day jump, he went on to the rank of second lieutenant after fighting in the Battle of the Bulge and the Rhine crossings. Later, while serving in the occupation of Germany in 1946, he wrote the official history of the 508th Parachute Infantry.
In 1947 he married the former Joan Malloch. They raised their family in Irvington-on-Hudson, New York. Mr. Lord spent his career in textiles, rising to the position of president of Galey & Lord, a division of Burlington Industries, and subsequently, president of Crompton. He and his wife retired to their summer home on , Massachusetts in 1996.
Lord passed away in Wauoit, Massachusetts on August 4, 2008, aged 84.view less