On Sunday December 7, 1941, George was hanging out with some
friends at a drug store in San Antonio, Texas. The group then heard the tragic
news that the Japanese had attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. About two years
later, George was in ducted into the U.S. Navy on January 7, 1943.
George was sent to the South Pacific after basic training
and assigned as a supply officer for the 118th Construction
Battalion (Seabees.) He served in such locations as Leyte and Luzon in the Philippine
Islands. He also saw duty in Samar.
George’s most memorable war experience was coming home and
sailing under the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco after two years in the
South Pacific. He was discharged on September 15, 1947.
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