George Linn Mee

Portrait of George Linn Mee
Bio

Born in El Paso, Texas, March 15, 1918
Graduated from the South Pasadena, California High School June 1936
Enrolled in the University of California, Davis, August 1936 Combination - Degree Curriculum
(In residence on the Berkeley campus during Jan-May 1937) Member Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity, Davis campus
Graduated Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, May 1941

Military Service

MILITARY HISTORY
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Military Training

Member ROTC, UC-Davis, 1937-41.
Captain ROTC Inf Res, 1940-41.

Commissioned

Second Lieutenant, AUS, Inf-Res, 8 May 1941 and accepted appointment same date.
First Lieutenant, AUS-Inf, 7 May 1942.
Captain, AUS, AC, 29 September 1943.

Entered on active duty, 26 May 1941.
Transferred to the Air Corps-Reserve, 3 December 1942.

Active Service Assignments

Mar to Oct 1941, Platoon Commander, Co D, 78th Infantry Training Battalion, Camp Roberts, Calif.
Nov 1941 to Apr 1942, Special Service Officer, Hq, 78th Inf. Tng Bn, Camp Roberts.
May to May 1942, Student AF Replacement Training Center, Santa Ana AAB, Calif.
July 1942, Student Elementary Flying School, 3d AAF Flying Training Detachment, King City, Calif.
July to Sep 1942, Student, Chico Army Flying School (Basic) Calif.
Oct to Dec 1942, Student, Adv Fly Sch, Luke Field, Ariz.
Dec 1942 to Apr 1943, Pilot, 1st Ferrying Squadron, 348th Base Hq, Long Beach, Calif.
May 1943 to July 1944, Asst Operations Officer, Exec Off & Pilot, 73d Ferrying Squadron, 21st Ferry Group, Palm Springs, Calif.

Captain Mee was killed 19 July 1944 in an aircraft accident in the Central Pacific Area while delivering an aircraft to a foreign station.

Decorations and Awards

AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL.
AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL.
WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL.
AVIATION BADGE 'Pilot’.

 

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