World War II Honoree

George Ernest Gries

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Egg Harbor City, New Jersey

Honored By

Marjorie A. Gries Garwood

Relationship

Daughter

SERVED IN THE 63RD BLOOD AND FIRE INFANTRY DIVISION, ARTILLERY, GERMANY. STAFF SERGEANT. GERMAN SPEAKING, HE WAS ABLE TO INTERPRET FOR HIS COMPANY. AFTER THE WAR, DUE TO HIS OCCUPATION IN THE PRINTING TRADE, HE WAS DETAINED IN FRANKFURT AND PRINTED THE STARS AND STRIPES NEWSPAPER AND THE REPORT FOR OPERATIONS NORTHWEST EUROPE BY DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, GENERAL OF THE ARMY.