George Clark was in the Navy in WWI. He was stationed at the US Naval Air Station in Lough Foyle Ireland. George was in in an observation balloon that was shot down over the North Sea. He was rescued from the water by a ship that was returning to America. On board ship, George was exposed to the flu and came down sick. His mother had died of tuberculosis and he had been exposed to that as a child.
George was not sent back to Europe and was discharged from the Navy because of his illness. He was never really well again. By 1920 he was living in San Diego and working as a clerk in a hardware store.
His illness only got worse and his brother, Burt, and his father took him to Arizona. Back then it was thought that a warm dry climate would help cure tuberculosis. His father and his brother tried to get him into a hospital in Arizona but there were no beds available. They were living in a boarding house in Tucson. Because they were running out of money, George's brother Burt Clark left Arizona and came back to California to look for work. Not long after, Burt got a letter from his father that George had died.
George was not sent back to Europe and was discharged from the Navy because of his illness. He was never really well again. By 1920 he was living in San Diego and working as a clerk in a hardware store.
His illness only got worse and his brother, Burt, and his father took him to Arizona. Back then it was thought that a warm dry climate would help cure tuberculosis. His father and his brother tried to get him into a hospital in Arizona but there were no beds available. They were living in a boarding house in Tucson. Because they were running out of money, George's brother Burt Clark left Arizona and came back to California to look for work. Not long after, Burt got a letter from his father that George had died.
George Clark was in the Navy in WWI. He was stationed at the US Naval Air Station in Lough Foyle Ireland. George was in in an observation balloon that was shot down over the North Sea. He was rescued from the water by a ship that was returning to America. On board ship, George was exposed to the flu and came down sick. His mother had died of tuberculosis and he had been exposed to that as a child.
George was not sent back to Europe and was discharged from the Navy because of his illness. He was never really well again. By 1920 he was living in San Diego and working as a clerk in a hardware store.
His illness only got worse and his brother, Burt, and his father took him to Arizona. Back then it was thought that a warm dry climate would help cure tuberculosis. His father and his brother tried to get him into a hospital in Arizona but there were no beds available. They were living in a boarding house in Tucson. Because they were running out of money, George's brother Burt Clark left Arizona and came back to California to look for work. Not long after, Burt got a letter from his father that George had died.
George was not sent back to Europe and was discharged from the Navy because of his illness. He was never really well again. By 1920 he was living in San Diego and working as a clerk in a hardware store.
His illness only got worse and his brother, Burt, and his father took him to Arizona. Back then it was thought that a warm dry climate would help cure tuberculosis. His father and his brother tried to get him into a hospital in Arizona but there were no beds available. They were living in a boarding house in Tucson. Because they were running out of money, George's brother Burt Clark left Arizona and came back to California to look for work. Not long after, Burt got a letter from his father that George had died.
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