World War II Honoree

George Reid Guess

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Acworth, Georgia

Honored By

Anne Guess

Relationship

Wife

DUE TO QUALIFICATIONS AT ACTIVE DUTY ENROLLMENT HE WAS RATED PHM2C (PHARMACIST'S MATE FIRST CLASS). CERTIFIED IN THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT ADMINISTRATION AS A CLERICAL PROCEDURES TECHNICIAN. SERVED AT THE U.S. NAVAL HOSPITAL IN PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA. SERVED ON THE USS MANLEY, THE COCO SOLO CANAL ZONE U.S. NAVAL HOSPITAL, THEN SERVED ABOARD THE USS TATTNALL DD-125, 15TH NAVAL DISTRICT (DMO). THEN SERVED ON THE USS MOUNT VERNON AND ON THE GROUND IN BOSTON AND NORFOLK. SERVED AT U.S. NAVAL TRAINING CENTER IN MIAMI AT THE EVERGLADES HOTEL, TAKEN OVER AS THE MEDICAL HEADQUARTERS (BACHELOR'S OFFICERS' QUARTERS) FOR MEDICAL PHYSICIANS. LIVED AT THE HOTEL AS PART OF THE DOCTORS AND THEIR STAFF ASSIGNED TO SERVE THERE. LATER HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE USS VALLEY FORGE (CV-45 NUCLEAR EQUIPPED VESSEL). WHILE ON SHIP HE WAS IN CHARGE OF SICK BAY. ASSIGNED TO THE DISTRICT COMMANDANT'S OFFICE WHICH EARNED HIM FLAG ALLOWANCE (EXTRA PAY). THEN TOURED AND INSPECTED NAVAL HOSPITALS, INCLUDING LOCATIONS IN PANAMA AND GRADED THEM AS PER NAVY STANDARDS, CITING VIOLATIONS AND SETTING DEADLINES FOR COMPLIANCE. AT THE TIME OF DISCHARGE IN JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA HE WAS RATED AS A CPHM(T) CHIEF PHARMACIST'S MATE.