GEORGE PETER SOTOS

WASHINGTON, DC 1972

Deceased

Rate/Rank
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.

SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS

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

SIGNIFICANT AWARDS

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