World War II Honoree

George H. Orloff

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Roselle, New Jersey

Honored By

Grateful American

Relationship

Admirer

JOINED THE ARMY IN APRIL 1941 AND TRAINED AS AN ORDNANCE SPECIALIST AND WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 81ST ORDNANCE COMPANY AT FORT BLISS, TEXAS, WHERE HE MAINTAINED SMALL ARMS AND ARTILLERY. ATTENDED OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL AND WAS PROMOTED TO 2ND LIEUTENANT IN SEPTEMBER 1942 AND TO 1ST LIEUTENANT IN JANUARY 1943. SEPTEMBER 1943 HE WAS SENT TO ENGLAND AND ASSIGNED TO HEADQUARTERS EIGHTH AIR FORCE IN LONDON AND THE TO THE 17 ORDNANCE S&M COMPANY AT PODDINGTON, PART OF THE 92ND BOMB GROUP. THEN JOINED THE 835TH AIR ENGINEERING SQUADRON, 409TH AIR SERVICE GROUP. IN JUNE 1945 HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO ISTRES, FRANCE AND THEN BACK TO THE 94TH BOMB GROUP ON ROUGHAM, ENGLAND. IN 1943 INVENTED A TOOL TO PREVENT INJURY TO USERS OF THE MODEL 1917 RIFLE. ALSO INVENTED LONG BARRELS FOR FLARE PISTOLS WHICH INCREASED THE ALTITUDE OF THE FLARE AND KEPT THEM IN THE AIR LONGER.