World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
George Leon Fobes
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Cleveland, Pawnee County, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE IN 1943. TRAINED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AT SALT LAKE CITY ARMY AIR BASE, UTAH; EPHRATA ARMY AIR FIELD, WASHINGTON; ARDMORE ARMY AIR FIELD, OKLAHOMA; AND BUCKLEY FIELD AT AURORA, COLORADO. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER DURING THE WAR, INCLUDING IN ENGLAND, FRANCE, BELGIUM, AND GERMANY IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO). AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. AUTHORIZED THE PRESIDENTIAL (DISTINGUISHED) UNIT CITATION FOR EXTRAORDINARY HEROISM IN ACTION BY HIS UNIT IN COMBAT. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1946 WITH THE RANK OF SERGEANT AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.