Lt. Col. Poole

George Irvin Poole, Jr. was born on the 13th of October 1915 at Port Arthur, Texas. He entered the service in the Army Air Force on the
29th of April 1943.

After pilot training, he was assigned to the 8th Air Force in the European Theatre of Operations where he served as a pilot of a B-17
from October of 1943 to April of 1944. During this period, he was promoted to Captain. On April 13th, 1944, Captain Poole was declared missing in action. He was taken prisoner and was freed on May 14th, 1945.

From September of 1945 until September of 1948, Captain Poole served
as a personnel officer and as an adjutant with AACS at Peterson
Field, Colorado and Kelly AFB, Texas. During this period, Captain
Poole accepted a regular commission and also attended the Air Tactical School at Tyndall AFB, Florida.

In September of 1948, Captain Poole was again assigned overseas, but this time to Tokyo, Japan. He served there in Personnel with the
1808th AACS Wing. While in Japan in February of 1951, he was promoted
to the grade of Major.

In September of 1951, Major Poole completed his tour in Japan and was assigned to Headquarters USAF for duty in the Directorate of Military Personnel. Major Poole left USAF Headquarters in June of 1954 to
attend the Air Command and Staff School at Maxwell AFB, Alabama.

From July of 1955, when he left Maxwell AFB, until August 1958 Major Poole was with the 552nd Airborne Early Warning and Control Wing at McClellan AFB, California. His duties included staff assignments
in Personnel, Operations and Materiel. While at McClellan AFB, on
15 October 1956, he was promoted to the grade of Lt. Col.

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