World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
George Lester Clark
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Saint Louis, Missouri
Honored By
George Hobart Clark
Relationship
Son
ON CHRISTMAS EVE OF 1944 HE LEFT HIS TANK AND ENTERED A BURNING FIRST-AID STATION TO RESCUE TWO WOUNDED SOLDIERS. HAD HE NOT DONE SO, THEY WOULD HAVE DIED. HE RECEIVED THE SILVER STAR. ON THE SAME DAY HE DESTROYED TWO GERMAN BAZOOKA TANKS AND RECEIVED THE BRONZE STAR.