A Veteran Remembered

George Scharr 1922-1969

George volunteered for the Army in the weeks following Pearl Harbor.  A Detroit native, he was assigned to the Army's 35th Texas Division.  He participated in three invasions:  Salerno, Anzio and Southern France.  George was the heavy weapon's man for his platoon and carried the Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR).  He was twice wounded in combat..  Once in the left knee in Italy and then in his hands in Southern France.  George spent nine months of recuperation following the knee wound in England.  After the second wound healed he transferred to the 8th Air Force where he finished the war. Like 15 million other Americans he spent World War II in uniform. Thank you, George Scharr, for your service to the nation and for being my father.