George Clarke Woods

1921 -

• Name	George Clarke Woods
  Birth	9 Feb 1921	Malta, Phillips, MT
  Gender	Male
  Census	1 Jan 1925	Long Creek, Decatur, IA ; Clark, age 4, born IA, living with parents
  Census	21 Apr 1930	Long Creek, Decatur, IA ; Park G, age 9, born MT, living with parents
  Census	5 Apr 1940	Doyle, Clarke, IA ; age 19, born MT, living with parents
  Person ID	I18923	Family Tree
  Last Modified	10 Nov 2017

  
  

  Father	Clarence Raymond “Ray” Woods,   b. 29 Apr 1887, Barney, Madison, IA d. 6 Oct 1963, Clarke Co, IA (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Nancy Abigail “Abbie” Roberts,   b. 28 Aug 1889, Greene Co, IA d. 24 Jun 1966, Ames, Story, IA (Age 76 years)
  Family ID	F6974	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  from "Montana, Birth Index, 1870-1986" (ancestry.com) George Clarke Woods was born 9 Feb 1921 in Phillips Co, MT. from "Sons of Ray and Abbie Woods: Four Sond Enlisted to Serve Their Country in the U.S. Navy" (iagenweb.org) GEORGE CLARKE WOODS was born February 9, 1921, enlisted December 14, 1940 as a Seaman Apprentice and went through boot camp at the Great Lakes Naval Base, Great Lakes, Illinois. He went through Hospital Corps School at the Naval Hospital in Portsmouth, Virginia, and did duty at various Naval Hospitals in the United States before being assigned to Lion Outfit in Norfolk, Virginia. George was transferred to the Mine Sweep Force in the Pacific, where he was exposed to tuberculosis in 1945. The Mine Sweeper he was riding was blown up, but they managed to patch it up and get back to the States. George was assigned to an AKA heavy attack transport, and carried cargo to China. He came back to the States where he was shipped to the I" Marine Division in. China. His medical records caught up with him in 1946, stating he had tuberculosis. He was sent to the Navy hospital tuberculosis ward in the Corona Naval Hospital in Corona, California, from which he was transferred to Lake County T.B. Sanitarium near Waukegan, Illinois. He received a 100% medical disability discharge May 1947. He spent time in a VA (Veterans' Administration) Hospital in the Waukegan area.