Son of Rudolph Hanke and Frieda Hecht.
Husband of Muriel Isabelle Michaels. They were married on December 25, 1945.
Father of Loretta Lynn Hanke Cathey, Robert Curtis Hanke and Thomas Alan Hanke.
The following is excerpted from his obituary which appeared in the Abilene Reporter News:
Following boot camp George was first assigned to a cargo ship, the USS Vega, followed by service on a World War I vintage destroyer, the USS Biddle. On the evening of December 7, 1941, he was en route from New York to Boston to report for duty aboard a new destroyer then under construction in Maine when a newspaper boy passed through the train selling Extras announcing the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The new destroyer would be the USS O'Bannon (DD-450), and during George's three-and-a-half years on her decks she would earn the distinction as the most battled-tested "tin can" in the history of the US Navy, earning 17 battle stars, surviving five major surface engagements, meriting the prestigious Presidential Unit Citation, and being appointed by Admiral William F. Halsey, along with her two sister destroyers, Taylor (DD-468) and Nicholas (DD-449) to the honor of leading the flotilla of American warships into Tokyo Bay for the surrender signing ceremony in September 1945.
Husband of Muriel Isabelle Michaels. They were married on December 25, 1945.
Father of Loretta Lynn Hanke Cathey, Robert Curtis Hanke and Thomas Alan Hanke.
The following is excerpted from his obituary which appeared in the Abilene Reporter News:
Following boot camp George was first assigned to a cargo ship, the USS Vega, followed by service on a World War I vintage destroyer, the USS Biddle. On the evening of December 7, 1941, he was en route from New York to Boston to report for duty aboard a new destroyer then under construction in Maine when a newspaper boy passed through the train selling Extras announcing the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The new destroyer would be the USS O'Bannon (DD-450), and during George's three-and-a-half years on her decks she would earn the distinction as the most battled-tested "tin can" in the history of the US Navy, earning 17 battle stars, surviving five major surface engagements, meriting the prestigious Presidential Unit Citation, and being appointed by Admiral William F. Halsey, along with her two sister destroyers, Taylor (DD-468) and Nicholas (DD-449) to the honor of leading the flotilla of American warships into Tokyo Bay for the surrender signing ceremony in September 1945.
Son of Rudolph Hanke and Frieda Hecht.
Husband of Muriel Isabelle Michaels. They were married on December 25, 1945.
Father of Loretta Lynn Hanke Cathey, Robert Curtis Hanke and Thomas Alan Hanke.
The following is excerpted from his obituary which appeared in the Abilene Reporter News:
Following boot camp George was first assigned to a cargo ship, the USS Vega, followed by service on a World War I vintage destroyer, the USS Biddle. On the evening of December 7, 1941, he was en route from New York to Boston to report for duty aboard a new destroyer then under construction in Maine when a newspaper boy passed through the train selling Extras announcing the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The new destroyer would be the USS O'Bannon (DD-450), and during George's three-and-a-half years on her decks she would earn the distinction as the most battled-tested "tin can" in the history of the US Navy, earning 17 battle stars, surviving five major surface engagements, meriting the prestigious Presidential Unit Citation, and being appointed by Admiral William F. Halsey, along with her two sister destroyers, Taylor (DD-468) and Nicholas (DD-449) to the honor of leading the flotilla of American warships into Tokyo Bay for the surrender signing ceremony in September 1945.
Husband of Muriel Isabelle Michaels. They were married on December 25, 1945.
Father of Loretta Lynn Hanke Cathey, Robert Curtis Hanke and Thomas Alan Hanke.
The following is excerpted from his obituary which appeared in the Abilene Reporter News:
Following boot camp George was first assigned to a cargo ship, the USS Vega, followed by service on a World War I vintage destroyer, the USS Biddle. On the evening of December 7, 1941, he was en route from New York to Boston to report for duty aboard a new destroyer then under construction in Maine when a newspaper boy passed through the train selling Extras announcing the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The new destroyer would be the USS O'Bannon (DD-450), and during George's three-and-a-half years on her decks she would earn the distinction as the most battled-tested "tin can" in the history of the US Navy, earning 17 battle stars, surviving five major surface engagements, meriting the prestigious Presidential Unit Citation, and being appointed by Admiral William F. Halsey, along with her two sister destroyers, Taylor (DD-468) and Nicholas (DD-449) to the honor of leading the flotilla of American warships into Tokyo Bay for the surrender signing ceremony in September 1945.
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