William David Forsythe is the son of William Henry Forsythe and Minnie Elizabeth Humphrey. He was born on 18 May 1918, in St. Mary's Hospital, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois. Bill is listed as the great-grandchild of Martha Lurinda McFarland in her obituary. Bill had surgery on his leg in August, 1926 for Lymph Angeoma at St. Elizabeth Hospital, Rochester, Minnesota. He attended St. Joseph Academy and Corpus Christi High School in Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois, and graduated from Corpus Christi High School in June, 1936. He joined Citizens Military Camp in the summer of 1936, and was stationed at Jefferson Barracks in St. Louis, Missouri.
On September 25, 1939, he enlisted in the Army Air Force at Chanute Field, Rantoul, Illinois. In September, 1940 he graduated as an Airplane Mechanic at Parks Air College, St. Louis, Missouri. In 1940 he was transferred to Savannah Air Base, Savannah, Georgia. In January, 1942 he qualified as a Flying Cadet at Maxwell Field, Montgomery, Alabama. Then on March 16, 1942 he qualified as a Navigator and was made a Lieutenant. On April 29, 1942, he attended Aviation Cadet Training School, Turner Field, Albany, Georgia. In July, 1942, he resigned his commission and returned to Maxwell Field, Montgomery, Alabama. In March, 1943 he attended the Antiair Craft, Officers Candidate School, Camp Davis, North Carolina. In June, 1943 he graduated as 2nd Lieutenant. In August, 1943, he was stationed on maneuvers in Shreveport, Camp Polk, and Camp Livingston Louisiana. On February 11, 1944, he was sent overseas on the Queen Mary where he served as a Traffic Control Officer. The ship docked in "Firth of Clyde" near Glasgow, Scotland. About the February 21, 1944, he arrived in a small town south of Bristol, England. At the end of that month he was transferred to Wallingford on the Thames between Reading and Oxford. He debarked from South Hampton for France in a Liberty Ship, and arrived at Utah Beach, Normandy in the evening. The ship lay offshore and unloaded in morning on June 14, 1944. Moving inland they went first to Sainte Mere Eglise arriving on June 15, 1944. On the evening of June 18, 1944, near St. Mere Eglese, France he injured his knee jumping a ditch to get to his fox hole. He was taken to the hospital the following morning, and then was evacuated in a Landing Craft to the 48th General Hospital near Winchester, at Stackbridge, England. He spent the rest of his time in the service as an Executive Officer in the Military Police in and around Paris, France. On December 21, 1945, he arrived at Camp Grant, and was sent to the Vaughn Army Hospital in Chicago, Illinois on December 24, 1945. He was released from the hospital late in January, 1946.

Timeline:

6 Feb 44 Arrived in New York at the Port of Embarkation (P.O.E.)
11 Feb 44 Boarded Queen Mary, New York
19 Feb 44 Arrived Firth of Clyde, Scotland
21 Feb 44 Bridgewater, England
23 Feb 44 Wallingford, England
8 Jun 44 Winchester near the port of Southampton
13 Jun 44 boarded Liberty boats at the Southampton docks
14 Jun 44 2100 hours The 552nd AAA AW Bn (Mbl) arrived at Utah Beach - "Sugar Red Beach".
15 Jun 44 Ste Mere Eglise, France
18 Jun 44 injured knee

http://ww2troopships.com/ships/q/queenmary/crossings1944.htm

Here is a description on One Queen Mary voyage occurring the month after Bill Forsythe's voyage. The description is probably similar to his voyage.

'Under cover of darkness on 21 March 1944 "Shipment 5254-Y" bedecked in full battle dress, detrained once again and marched aboard our "North Atlantic Cruise Ship". And would you believe it! We had drawn the "Pride of the Seas", the Queen Mary. Approximately 350 strong we represented the finishing touch to some 17,000 other warm & crowded bodies already aboard and waiting. We were the last full unit to board. Our enlisted men were immediately escorted directly below to the bowels of the ship, "E Deck"! And as one of the newly appointed "E Deck" commanders I had the honor of joining them.

With "no delay" the "Queen" steamed from her berth out of the narrows of New York harbor during the night hours and was well to sea by the time we saw daylight once again. It was a rough but rapid crossing. With 17,000 plus troops aboard there was little time or room for parading the upper decks. It was a mass of mankind in a relatively confined area. Even the seasick, and there were many, had to elbow their way to the rail--few making it. But I assure you, the "Limey" outfit running this "show" really knew what was going on and what had to be done. It was organized to a "T".

Other than the gales and continuous high seas the only incident occurred on the third night out. Rumor had it that a German "wolfpack" was hard on our tail. At any rate during the night the "Queen" did make a sudden 90 degree turn to the North and drawing full steam must have headed direct for the "Ice Pack" before turning eastward once again. If one dared stick his nose out for a bit of fresh air it was cold, cold, cold. (Incidentally, one of the least publicized but also more reliable post-war secrets attributed that Hitler had posted a $1,000,000 reward for the "U-boat" skipper and crew that nailed the "Queen" on one of her fully-loaded east-bound crossings--Pleasant Dreams.)

No matter how fast or uneventful our crossing was it wasn't fast enough. It was, indeed, a great relief when we heard the rattle of anchor chains running out on the morning of the sixth day in the Firth of Clyde just outside Glasgow, Scotland. The disposition of the 17,000 troops was executed expeditiously. With minimum delay the 34th had said gooby to the "Queen of the Seas" and boarded English Coaches for a final train ride south.'

http://ww2troopships.com/ships/q/queenmary/crossings1944.htm

According to S. Harding - Gray Ghost: The RMS Queen Mary at War, the only voyage of the Queen Mary leaving from the U.S. in February of 1944 was:
February 12 to February 18
Embarkation/Debarkation: New York, NY to Gouroack, Scotland