World War II Honoree

George Henry Arscott

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Portland, Oregon

Honored By

George Henry Arscott

COMMENCED MILITARY TRAINING IN ELECTRONICS UPON ENLISTMENT IN THE SIGNAL CORPS RESERVE, NOVEMBER 1942 WHICH CONTINUED UNTIL AUGUST 1943 WITH HIS INDUCTION INTO ACTIVE DUTY. OVERSEAS SERVICE BEGAN MAY 1944 IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS WHERE BEGINNING IN AUGUST, HE SERVED AS A RADAR REPAIRMAN IN DEPOT MAINTENANCE FOR THE 1061ST SIGNAL COMPANY WHICH WAS PART OF THE 100TH AIR SERVICE GROUP, 442ND TROOP CARRIER GROUP, 9TH U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE UNTIL FEBRUARY, 1946 AND INCLUDED STATIONS IN ENGLAND, FRANCE AND GERMANY. ATTAINED THE RANK OF STAFF SERGEANT. PRIOR TO JOINING THE SIGNAL COMPANY, HE SERVED IN A REPLACEMENT CAPACITY IN NORMANDY, ARRIVING THERE THREE WEEKS AFTER THE JUNE 6, 1944 INVASION. RETURNED TO THE UNITED KINGDOM THREE WEEKS LATER WHEN IT BECAME EVIDENT THAT HIS SERVICES WERE NEEDED ELSEWHERE. RECEIVED THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN SERVICE MEDAL WITH TWO BATTLE STARS (NORMANDY AND NORTHERN FRANCE), THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND THE VICTORY MEDAL. HIS UNIT RECEIVED THE MERITORIOUS UNIT AWARD. HONORABLY DISCHARGED MARCH 1946.