> While at port, crew member Ed Cope saved George from drowning off the coast of the Naval base in Noumea, New Caledonia. It was a major World War II Naval Base.
> The guys in the lighting shop wrote up a funny official U.S. Navy Health Record for George. They gave him the full Christian name of General Electric, his next of kin, “any old alley cat,” and proclaimed him a hairy, grey, cattish-looking Catholic. The tabby appears wearing his dog tags in the photo.
> In the line to describe any evidence of mental defects, they wrote, “worries hell out of everyone.” To describe his neck area, they wrote, “Hollars like Hell!” And as for his mouth, nose, and throat, they put, “You should see them.”
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> In 1944, a resident kitty named George provided some comic relief for the crew aboard the Battleship North Carolina. Some 2,000 young men lived on the ship during World War II, and tensions were incredibly high.
> While at port, crew member Ed Cope saved George from drowning off the coast of the Naval base in Noumea, New Caledonia. It was a major World War II Naval Base.
> The guys in the lighting shop wrote up a funny official U.S. Navy Health Record for George. They gave him the full Christian name of General Electric, his next of kin, “any old alley cat,” and proclaimed him a hairy, grey, cattish-looking Catholic. The tabby appears wearing his dog tags in the photo.
> In the line to describe any evidence of mental defects, they wrote, “worries hell out of everyone.” To describe his neck area, they wrote, “Hollars like Hell!” And as for his mouth, nose, and throat, they put, “You should see them.”