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Born in the Roaring Twenties, the only son of a tenant farmer, George Gee grew up on an Illinois dirt farm during the Great Depression. At age six, he walked a mile and a half each way to attend a one-room country school.
He entered the U. S. Army Air Force in January 1943 and was selected for pilot training. After training at various bases, he was awarded his silver pilot's wings at Randolph Field in San Antonio, Texas. George was then assigned as a fighter pilot and underwent transitional training on the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter aircraft. In March of 1944, his unit was transferred overseas to England.
Mr. Gee's fighter group was one of those instrumental in destroying the French rail system, among many other targets, prior to the invasion of allied ground forces on D-Day June 6, 1944. He flew four combat missions on D-Day and witnessed the greatest armada of ships ever assembled in one place as they landed our troops on the Normandy beaches.
George survived the war after flying more than 800 combat hours and returned home in August 1945. Upon discharge from the Army he entered the automotive service field, which became his life's work.
Now retired, Mr. Gee lives in a small town in the mountains of west Texas with his wife Ellen, where he writes true stories of his life experiences
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