World War II Honoree

George M. Crone

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Sleepy Creek, West Virginia

Honored By

Michael A. Crone

Relationship

Son

INDUCTED JULY 1944. GRADUATED BASIC TRAINING AT CAMP WOLTERS, TEXAS DECEMBER 1944. DEPARTED JANUARY 1944 FOR LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA; DEPARTED CAMP STONEMAN, CALIFORNIA FEBRUARY 1945 ON A TROOP SHIP TO NEW GUINEA. JOINED ANOTHER CONVOY TO THE PHILIPPINES. LANDED AT TACLOBAN, LEYTE MARCH 1945 WHERE HE JOINED UP WITH THE 40TH INFANTRY DIVISION, 108TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, F COMPANY AS AN INFANTRYMAN. WENT TO MASBATE, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS THEN BACK TO LEYTE; DEPARTED FOR MINDANAO MAY 1945 AND LANDED UNDER CLOSE FIGHTING AS THEY WERE THE FIRST TO LAND; DEPARTED FOR PANAY ISLAND, ILOILO WHERE THEY TRAINED FOR A LANDING ON JAPAN; THE A-BOMB WAS DROPPED AND THE JAPAN LANDING WAS CANCELLED; DEPARTED FOR PUSAN, SOUTH KOREA AUGUST 1945 AND JOINED UP WITH THE 6TH INFANTRY DIVISION, 20TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, ANTI-TANK COMPANY RECOVERING FROM YELLOW JAUNDICE; SERVED NEAR KWANGJU AIR FIELD AT CAMP SYKES UNTIL JUNE 1946. PARTICIPATED IN THE OCCUPATION OF KOREA; DEPARTED BY THE SHIP USS PHOENIX CL-46 FROM INCHON TO SEATTLE; DEPARTED BY TRAIN FROM SEATTLE TO CHICAGO TO FORT BRAGG. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN JULY 1946. AWARDED THE BRONZE STAR AND COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE.