World War II Honoree

George R. Adams

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Berkley, Massachusetts

Honored By

Orville L. Kline

RANK: CORPORAL. HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE UNITED STATES ARMY FEBRUARY 7, 1942 AT FORT DEVENS, MASSACHUSETTS. SERVED IN EUROPE, WHERE HE EXPERIENCED COMBAT WITH REGIMENTAL HEADQUARTERS, 1ST BATTALION, 502ND PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT, 101ST AIRBORNE ‘SCREAMING EAGLES’ DIVISION. HE WAS A PARATROOPER, WHO PARACHUTED INTO THE SAINT-MARTIN-DE-VARREVILLE AREA ON THE FRENCH COTENTIN PENINSULA IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON D-DAY, TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 1944. THIS WAS THE INVASION OF GERMANY’S FORTRESS EUROPE, CODE NAMED: OPERATION OVERLORD. ON SUNDAY, JUNE 11, 1944 HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION AS HIS BATTALION WAS PUSHING FORWARD ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY LEADING INTO CARENTAN, FRANCE AND WAS BURIED IN THE TEMPORARY VII CORPS BATTLEFIELD CEMETERY NEAR SAINT MERE EGLISE, FRANCE. AFTER THE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES IN EUROPE, HIS REMAINS WERE RETURNED TO HIS FAMILY, WITH INTERMENT IN THE RURAL CEMETERY, NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS.