Friday, May 29, 2009

With Great Sadness-A California Son and West Point Graduate....

With great sadness---A California son -West Point graduate:

george2.jpg Hugh and Candy Mason hold on to a photo of their son, who died last week in Iraq. Major Jason E. George, 38, was an Army Reservist assigned to the 252nd Combined Arms Battalion, Fayetteville, North Carolina.
george1.jpg Major Jason E. George, 38, was an Army Reservist assigned to the 252nd Combined Arms Battalion, Fayetteville, North Carolina. He died May 21, 2009 while serving in Iraq. Here he is pictured at his West Point graduation.

"Growing up, George did what a lot of us only dreamed about — he won the Pinewood Derby. In high school, he had an internship with NASA at Edwards Air Force Base. George played tennis, baseball, soccer and basketball. As a senior at Tehachapi High, No. 22 kicked the winning field goal in the finals of the Desert Inyo League Championships. George was an Eagle Scout, and after a year at Cal State Bakersfield, he was appointed to West Point by then-U.S. Rep. Bill Thomas.
George was an undefeated boxer at West Point. After graduating, he served eight years. George left the service in 2002 and earned an MBA at the University of Michigan. Before being called up, George was working for a consulting firm in Chicago that specialized in health care, helping hospitals and clinics save money by becoming more efficient."

The rest here:http://www.bakersfield.com/news/local/x1393099401/Fallen-son-Former-Tehachapi-man-killed-in-Iraq

C-CS

2 comments:

Z said...

I see that handsome, joyful face and bawl.
Thanks (I guess!).

You know, it's the very very very least we CAN do, isn't it...just to look at them and grieve their losses...for us. May he rest in God's arms forever........
He sure deserves it. God help his parents. An indescribable loss. Indescribable.

christian soldier said...

thank you Z- I take every one of them -KIA - personally...they are ALL mine...my heart aches when I hear of them dying....