World War II Honoree

George P. Williams, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Chicago, Illinois

ENTERED SERVICE SEPTEMBER 1941. SIGNAL CORPS OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL, FORT MONMOUTH, NEW JERSEY, 1942. CAPTAIN, COMMANDING OFFICER OF 1104TH SIGNAL COMPANY, WHICH ARRIVED BY LIBERTY SHIP IN ORAN ON CHRISTMAS EVE 1943. CROSSED NORTH AFRICA BY RAILROAD AND SAILED FROM ALGIERS TO BOMBAY. STATIONED IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN INDIA UNTIL DECEMBER 1945. AMONG OTHER ASSIGNMENTS, HE PARTICIPATED IN THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF COMMUNICATIONS OF THE COMMAND HEADQUARTERS OF THE NEWLY FORMED TWENTIETH AIR FORCE IN KHARAGPUR. LONGEST SINGLE ASSIGNMENT WAS IN SHAMSHERNAGAR, NEAR THE BURMESE BORDER, ATTACHED TO 61ST AIR SERVICE GROUP. THE 1104TH WAS A HIGHLY TECHNICAL COMPANY CONSISTING OF RADAR AND RADIO REPAIRMEN, LINEMEN, DECODERS AND SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS. PROMOTED TO MAJOR AFTER RETURNING TO THE STATES.