World War II Honoree

George Henry Hernandez, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Pittsfield, Massachusetts

Honored By

David Hernandez and Trish Herzog

Relationship

Son

DRAFTED WHILE WORKING IN PITTSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, SEPTEMBER 1942. SERVED AT FORT DEVENS, MASSACHUSETTS, THEN TO HATTIESBURG, MISSISSIPPI, TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA, TO RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA. THEN SENT TO THE CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER OF OPERATIONS. SKILLS INCLUDED MARKSMANSHIP/SHARPSHOOTING. CONTRACTED SEVERE ILLNESS, LAST RITES BUT HE WAS A FIGHTER ALL THE WAY AND SURVIVED MALARIA AND TUBERCULOSIS AND TYPHOID. DISCHARGED AUGUST 1945.