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Last Rate
Pharmacist's Mate 3rd Class
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Last Primary NEC
PhM-0000-Pharmacist Mate
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Last Rating/NEC Group
Pharmacist's Mate
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Primary Unit
1944-1945, PhM-0000, US Marine Corps (USMC)
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Service Years
1944 - 1945
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Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Iwo Jima
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Personal Details
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Home State
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Year of Birth 1922 |
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This Military Service Page was created/owned by
Steven Loomis (SaigonShipyard), IC3
to remember
Bush, George, PhM3c.
If you knew or served with this Sailor and have additional information or photos to support this Page, please leave a message for the Page Administrator(s) HERE.
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Casualty Info
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Home Town Elverson, Pennsylvania |
Last Address George Bush was buried with full military honors. Plot N Row 1 Grave 177 Honolulu Memorial Honolulu, Hawaii
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Casualty Date Mar 20, 1945 |
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Cause KIA-Died of Wounds |
Reason Gun, Small Arms Fire |
Location Pacific |
Conflict World War II/Asiatic-Pacific Theater/Iwo Jima Operation |
Location of Interment National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (VA) - Honolulu, Hawaii |
Wall/Plot Coordinates Plot N Row 1 Grave 177 |
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Reflections on PO3 Bush's
US Navy Service
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TO THE BEST OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE, PLEASE DESCRIBE THE DIRECTION OR PATH HE/SHE TOOK IN HIS/HER MILITARY SERVICE. WHERE DID THEY GO TO BOOT CAMP AND WHAT UNITS, BASES, SHIPS OR SQUADRONS WERE THEY ASSIGNED TO? WHAT WAS HIS/HER REASON FOR LEAVING?
PhM3 George Bush USN WWII KIA
George Bush was born on November 23, 1922. He lived with his family at Rural Delivery #2, Elverson, Pennsylvania (near Morgantown).
George entered the Navy on January 6, 1944, and received medical training to become a Pharmacist Mate. He received training at Hospital Corpsmen School, at the Naval Hospital in Bainbridge, Maryland, March - April 1944, Medfield Service School at Camp Lejeune, New River, North Carolina in July.
George was sent overseas after completion of his medical training serving as a Pharmacist Mate 3rd Class.
George was assigned to the Marine Corps as a medic (the Navy supplied Pharmacist Mates to the Marine Corps. The Marines called them Medics although they had more extensive training than the Army Medics.)
Pharmacist Mate 3rd Class George Bush was Killed In Action on Iwo Jima on March 20, 1945. Even though he survived the most intense battles which began with the landings on February 19th, the Island was considered relatively secure and victory declared on March 16th, four days before George was Killed In Action.
George Bush was buried at the Honolulu Memorial Cemetery, Hawaii, with full military honors.
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