[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 16672-16673]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         HONORING THE MEMORY OF
                          LT. GEORGE WHITMORE

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                         HON. SCOTT DesJARLAIS

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, October 27, 2015

  Mr. DesJARLAIS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the memory of a 
courageous American and a proud son of Tennessee, Lt. George Whitmore.
  George Whitmore, of Shelbyville, Tennessee, enlisted in the Army on 
September 10, 1935 when he was sixteen years old, two years before he 
was eligible under Army enlistment rules. On May 6, 1937, Whitmore was 
promoted to Corporal and later to Sergeant. For the next few years he 
served in the National Guard and until February 24, 1941, when he was 
called up to Active Federal Service.
  After completing Officer Candidacy School in Ft. Benning, GA, 
Whitmore was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant and entered the Army 
Ranger Combat Training program. After completing Ranger Training, Lt. 
Whitmore took part in the invasion of Normandy, where he bravely fought 
on Utah Beach.
  He served on the front lines of Europe bravely defending his country, 
leading platoons of soldiers throughout the Normandy and Rhineland 
campaigns. On July 15, 1944, Lt. Whitmore was wounded in combat by an 
enemy artillery shell in northern France while pressing an attack 
against the German front.
  During his 18 years of service to our country Lt. Whitmore received 
several service honors, including the Purple Heart Medal, the Combat 
Infantryman Badge and two Bronze Service Stars, among many others.
  In August of 2008, Lt. Whitmore returned to Tennessee to make his 
home in Normandy, TN, where he resided with his wife of 74 years, and 
his youngest daughter and son-in-law until his passing on October 9, 
2015, at the age of 96.

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  To the family of Lt. Whitmore, we are sincerely grateful for his 
service. George truly exemplified the spirit of ``the Greatest 
Generation.''

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