George Johnson

ASN:34192755

George Willis Johnson registered for military service on July 1, 1941. Born November, 19, 1919 he was from Greeneville, Tennessee. He was described as 5'-8", 155 pounds, blue eyes, brown hair with a light complexion with no identifying marks listed.

This twenty-one-year-old was employed in the ice cream industry working for Pet Dairy Products Company in Greeneville, Tennessee at the time of his registration. He enlisted in the US Army on March 13, 1942 at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.

Stationed at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana in March of 1942 he was assigned to the Service Battery of the 82nd Airborne where he achieved the rank of Private First Class. In July 1942, Johnson was given a short furlough to his hometown. He would soon be deployed to the Mediterranean Theater of Operations.

As a member of the 82nd Airborne Private Johnson sailed with the 319th Glider Field Artillery, Medical Battery, of the 82nd Airborne Division, from Staten Island, New York, aboard the SS Santa Rosa to North Africa arriving in Casablanca May 10, 1943. 

Company Morning Reports

Company Morning Reports were produced every morning by the individual Army units to record personnel matters. The following events for George Johnson were reported:

George Willis Johnson , 53, died September 15, 1973.

God Bless this hero.

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