World War II Honoree

George Dale Beasley

Branch of Service

U.S. Coast Guard

Hometown

Los Angeles, California

Honored By

Sandra M. Beasley Boyd

Relationship

Daughter

HE WAS AWARDED THE AMERICAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS RIBBON AND THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC AREA CAMPAIGN MEDAL FOR SERVICE IN THE CENTRAL PACIFIC, AND WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS AN ELECTRICIAN’S MATE THIRD CLASS ON OCTOBER 29, 1945. HIS PRIMARY DUTY WAS TO SET UP GENERATORS TO POWER THE LONG RANGE NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEM (LORAN) IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC DURING WWII.