*George William White* served in WWI and WWII. Colonel White joined in the Army in1918 and served as an enlisted man throughout WWI. He was discharged in 1919 and in 1921 joined The American-Hawaiian Steamship Company. During his career he was a consultant for the War Department and in 1942, accepted a commission as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army where he supervised and directed the procedures to be followed in connection with notifying enemy governments of the designation of U.S. Army Hospital Ships and initiated policy to be followed by the United States' large fleet of hospital ships. He visited all of the hospital ships prior to their maiden voyages and indoctrinated the military and civilian staffs permanently assigned to the hospital ships. He resigned from the Army after WWII and returned to work for American-Hawaiian. He was born in Tarrentum and was the brother of Izella May Hare. He was married to Mabel Kohne and resided in Mt. Lebanon until his death in 1963. He was an avid photographer and although he had no children, he was a devoted uncle to his many nieces and nephews.


(Source:-- Claire King, claire AT lonking DOT net), July, 2007.
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