SOTOS-GEORGE
GEORGE PETER SOTOS
WASHINGTON, DC 1972
Deceased
Rate/Rank
CAPT
CAPT
Service Branch
USN 3/1941 - 6/1972
Born
12/11/1919
CHICAGO, IL
DURING WWII, SOTOS WAS GUNNERY OFFICER (& THEN X.O.) OF DESTROYER ESCORT USS WILLIS, OPERATING AS A UNIT OF AN ANTI-SUBMARINE KILLER GROUP IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. THIS UNIT WAS AWARDED THE PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION FOR OUTSTANDING OFFENSIVE OPERATIONS AGAINST THE ENEMY, SINKING 8 ENEMY SUBMARINES.
NAVAL RESERVE MANPOWER CENTER, BAINBRIDGE, MD
USS NITRO
USS PC-476
USS PC-451
USS WILLIS
USS THOMAS J. GARY
USS COLONIAL
NTC GREAT LAKES, IL
X.O. NTC BAINBRIDGE, MD
MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL
PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION
AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL W/FLEET CLASP
AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL
EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL
ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL
WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL
NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL
AS A STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO IN 1940, SOTOS ENTERED THE NAVAL SERVICE THROUGH THE V-7 MIDSHIPMAN PROGRAM, AND RECEIVED HIS FIRST COMMISSION IN EARLY 1941.