World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
George Russell Haines
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Mt. Morris, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Pearl Thomas
He served in the U.S. Army from 1945 to 1947. Upon entering the war, active combat had just ended when he spent 10 days crossing the Atlantic Ocean on a ship carrying 1,600 German prisoners of war from Texas to Antwerp, Belgium. Once landing in Belgium, he then traveled by train to Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest to attend radio school for 18 months to become a Morse coder. In addition, he was an army technician and served as an appointed military police officer in the U.S. Constabulary. This military branch was created specially to restore law and order to Germany and provide stability and security to the American Occupation Zone in West Germany and Austria.