MOE, GEORGE ROBERT
LTC US ARMY
WORLD WAR II, KOREA, VIETNAM
George Robert Moe, son of Julia Christina (Johnson) and Nels Mark Moe, a third generation Milwaukee Railroad employee, was born July 6, 1919, in Jackson, MN. In 1937 he graduated from Artesian, SD High School as valedictorian.
In 1938 he joined the US Army. After two years at the Army Prep School at Fort Snelling, MN, he received a Presidential appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY where he earned his B.S. in June 1943. He laid his life on the line during World War II when, as a tank commander, he fought with Gen. George Patton's Third Army and was wounded during the Battle of the Bulge. Five years later, in the Korean Conflict, he was pinned down by the Chinese from November to December in the Chosin Reservoir. In these battles he procured two Purple Hearts and two Bronze Stars, plus other medals. He also served as a paratrooper in the Green Berets.
He served as a special agent in the CIC (today's CIA) U. S. Counterintelligence. ("Some had problems keeping their mouths shut so they didn't last long but that never bothered me.") He received his diploma from the University of Heidelberg, Germany in order to become an Associate Professor in the German Department at the United States Military Academy, West Point, NY 1955-1959. Also, in 1959, he was granted his M.A. from the University of Maryland. 1959-1961 in Hamburg, Germany he represented the US Army at the German Federal Army Staff College; then he was transferred to the American Embassy in Bonn, Germany where he served in MAAG-Federal Republic of Germany. There he became a certified translator of the German language. In 1964 he retired from active service as a Lt. Col. to pursue his doctoral degree in International Relations at American University. With his PhD in hand, in 1966 he joined the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology as Professor and Head of the Department of Languages and Social Sciences. WHO'S WHO IN AMERICAN EDUCATION honored him. After his retirement in 1983, the School of Mines granted him Professor Emeritus of Liberal Arts.
He left this world on his 88th birthday, July 6, 2007.
Grateful for having shared his life are: his wife of 64 years, Eleanore (Rowan); daughters Margaret Rowann Jagodzinske (Duane), Calhan, CO; Marian Eleanore Moe, Sacramento, CA; son George Robert (Bob) Moe (Nancy Cohen), Houston, TX; granddaughters: Jodi Jagodzinske Wilson (Rod), Calhan, CO; Julie Jagodzinske, Santa Cruz, CA; Andrea Moe Nicholas (Tony), Houston, TX; grandson Michael Dean Moe, Chandler, AZ; great-grandsons Wyatt Duane Wilson, Calhan CO and Alexander Valentine Nicholas, Houston, TX; one niece, Barbara Moe, Albert Lea, MN; sisters-in-law Meryl (Tom Moe) Olsen, Rapid City, SD and Beth Moe (Dean), Wittenbach, Switzerland; cousins, cohorts and friends.
Preceding him in death were his parents, Nels and Julia Moe; brothers Dean and Tom; and niece Julie Moe Mulder.
In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of George will be for a deserving student at the SD School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, July 10, 2007 at Kirk Funeral Home. Interment will be at Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis with full military honors.
LTC US ARMY
WORLD WAR II, KOREA, VIETNAM
George Robert Moe, son of Julia Christina (Johnson) and Nels Mark Moe, a third generation Milwaukee Railroad employee, was born July 6, 1919, in Jackson, MN. In 1937 he graduated from Artesian, SD High School as valedictorian.
In 1938 he joined the US Army. After two years at the Army Prep School at Fort Snelling, MN, he received a Presidential appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY where he earned his B.S. in June 1943. He laid his life on the line during World War II when, as a tank commander, he fought with Gen. George Patton's Third Army and was wounded during the Battle of the Bulge. Five years later, in the Korean Conflict, he was pinned down by the Chinese from November to December in the Chosin Reservoir. In these battles he procured two Purple Hearts and two Bronze Stars, plus other medals. He also served as a paratrooper in the Green Berets.
He served as a special agent in the CIC (today's CIA) U. S. Counterintelligence. ("Some had problems keeping their mouths shut so they didn't last long but that never bothered me.") He received his diploma from the University of Heidelberg, Germany in order to become an Associate Professor in the German Department at the United States Military Academy, West Point, NY 1955-1959. Also, in 1959, he was granted his M.A. from the University of Maryland. 1959-1961 in Hamburg, Germany he represented the US Army at the German Federal Army Staff College; then he was transferred to the American Embassy in Bonn, Germany where he served in MAAG-Federal Republic of Germany. There he became a certified translator of the German language. In 1964 he retired from active service as a Lt. Col. to pursue his doctoral degree in International Relations at American University. With his PhD in hand, in 1966 he joined the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology as Professor and Head of the Department of Languages and Social Sciences. WHO'S WHO IN AMERICAN EDUCATION honored him. After his retirement in 1983, the School of Mines granted him Professor Emeritus of Liberal Arts.
He left this world on his 88th birthday, July 6, 2007.
Grateful for having shared his life are: his wife of 64 years, Eleanore (Rowan); daughters Margaret Rowann Jagodzinske (Duane), Calhan, CO; Marian Eleanore Moe, Sacramento, CA; son George Robert (Bob) Moe (Nancy Cohen), Houston, TX; granddaughters: Jodi Jagodzinske Wilson (Rod), Calhan, CO; Julie Jagodzinske, Santa Cruz, CA; Andrea Moe Nicholas (Tony), Houston, TX; grandson Michael Dean Moe, Chandler, AZ; great-grandsons Wyatt Duane Wilson, Calhan CO and Alexander Valentine Nicholas, Houston, TX; one niece, Barbara Moe, Albert Lea, MN; sisters-in-law Meryl (Tom Moe) Olsen, Rapid City, SD and Beth Moe (Dean), Wittenbach, Switzerland; cousins, cohorts and friends.
Preceding him in death were his parents, Nels and Julia Moe; brothers Dean and Tom; and niece Julie Moe Mulder.
In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of George will be for a deserving student at the SD School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, July 10, 2007 at Kirk Funeral Home. Interment will be at Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis with full military honors.
MOE, GEORGE ROBERT
LTC US ARMY
WORLD WAR II, KOREA, VIETNAM
George Robert Moe, son of Julia Christina (Johnson) and Nels Mark Moe, a third generation Milwaukee Railroad employee, was born July 6, 1919, in Jackson, MN. In 1937 he graduated from Artesian, SD High School as valedictorian.
In 1938 he joined the US Army. After two years at the Army Prep School at Fort Snelling, MN, he received a Presidential appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY where he earned his B.S. in June 1943. He laid his life on the line during World War II when, as a tank commander, he fought with Gen. George Patton's Third Army and was wounded during the Battle of the Bulge. Five years later, in the Korean Conflict, he was pinned down by the Chinese from November to December in the Chosin Reservoir. In these battles he procured two Purple Hearts and two Bronze Stars, plus other medals. He also served as a paratrooper in the Green Berets.
He served as a special agent in the CIC (today's CIA) U. S. Counterintelligence. ("Some had problems keeping their mouths shut so they didn't last long but that never bothered me.") He received his diploma from the University of Heidelberg, Germany in order to become an Associate Professor in the German Department at the United States Military Academy, West Point, NY 1955-1959. Also, in 1959, he was granted his M.A. from the University of Maryland. 1959-1961 in Hamburg, Germany he represented the US Army at the German Federal Army Staff College; then he was transferred to the American Embassy in Bonn, Germany where he served in MAAG-Federal Republic of Germany. There he became a certified translator of the German language. In 1964 he retired from active service as a Lt. Col. to pursue his doctoral degree in International Relations at American University. With his PhD in hand, in 1966 he joined the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology as Professor and Head of the Department of Languages and Social Sciences. WHO'S WHO IN AMERICAN EDUCATION honored him. After his retirement in 1983, the School of Mines granted him Professor Emeritus of Liberal Arts.
He left this world on his 88th birthday, July 6, 2007.
Grateful for having shared his life are: his wife of 64 years, Eleanore (Rowan); daughters Margaret Rowann Jagodzinske (Duane), Calhan, CO; Marian Eleanore Moe, Sacramento, CA; son George Robert (Bob) Moe (Nancy Cohen), Houston, TX; granddaughters: Jodi Jagodzinske Wilson (Rod), Calhan, CO; Julie Jagodzinske, Santa Cruz, CA; Andrea Moe Nicholas (Tony), Houston, TX; grandson Michael Dean Moe, Chandler, AZ; great-grandsons Wyatt Duane Wilson, Calhan CO and Alexander Valentine Nicholas, Houston, TX; one niece, Barbara Moe, Albert Lea, MN; sisters-in-law Meryl (Tom Moe) Olsen, Rapid City, SD and Beth Moe (Dean), Wittenbach, Switzerland; cousins, cohorts and friends.
Preceding him in death were his parents, Nels and Julia Moe; brothers Dean and Tom; and niece Julie Moe Mulder.
In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of George will be for a deserving student at the SD School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, July 10, 2007 at Kirk Funeral Home. Interment will be at Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis with full military honors.
LTC US ARMY
WORLD WAR II, KOREA, VIETNAM
George Robert Moe, son of Julia Christina (Johnson) and Nels Mark Moe, a third generation Milwaukee Railroad employee, was born July 6, 1919, in Jackson, MN. In 1937 he graduated from Artesian, SD High School as valedictorian.
In 1938 he joined the US Army. After two years at the Army Prep School at Fort Snelling, MN, he received a Presidential appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY where he earned his B.S. in June 1943. He laid his life on the line during World War II when, as a tank commander, he fought with Gen. George Patton's Third Army and was wounded during the Battle of the Bulge. Five years later, in the Korean Conflict, he was pinned down by the Chinese from November to December in the Chosin Reservoir. In these battles he procured two Purple Hearts and two Bronze Stars, plus other medals. He also served as a paratrooper in the Green Berets.
He served as a special agent in the CIC (today's CIA) U. S. Counterintelligence. ("Some had problems keeping their mouths shut so they didn't last long but that never bothered me.") He received his diploma from the University of Heidelberg, Germany in order to become an Associate Professor in the German Department at the United States Military Academy, West Point, NY 1955-1959. Also, in 1959, he was granted his M.A. from the University of Maryland. 1959-1961 in Hamburg, Germany he represented the US Army at the German Federal Army Staff College; then he was transferred to the American Embassy in Bonn, Germany where he served in MAAG-Federal Republic of Germany. There he became a certified translator of the German language. In 1964 he retired from active service as a Lt. Col. to pursue his doctoral degree in International Relations at American University. With his PhD in hand, in 1966 he joined the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology as Professor and Head of the Department of Languages and Social Sciences. WHO'S WHO IN AMERICAN EDUCATION honored him. After his retirement in 1983, the School of Mines granted him Professor Emeritus of Liberal Arts.
He left this world on his 88th birthday, July 6, 2007.
Grateful for having shared his life are: his wife of 64 years, Eleanore (Rowan); daughters Margaret Rowann Jagodzinske (Duane), Calhan, CO; Marian Eleanore Moe, Sacramento, CA; son George Robert (Bob) Moe (Nancy Cohen), Houston, TX; granddaughters: Jodi Jagodzinske Wilson (Rod), Calhan, CO; Julie Jagodzinske, Santa Cruz, CA; Andrea Moe Nicholas (Tony), Houston, TX; grandson Michael Dean Moe, Chandler, AZ; great-grandsons Wyatt Duane Wilson, Calhan CO and Alexander Valentine Nicholas, Houston, TX; one niece, Barbara Moe, Albert Lea, MN; sisters-in-law Meryl (Tom Moe) Olsen, Rapid City, SD and Beth Moe (Dean), Wittenbach, Switzerland; cousins, cohorts and friends.
Preceding him in death were his parents, Nels and Julia Moe; brothers Dean and Tom; and niece Julie Moe Mulder.
In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of George will be for a deserving student at the SD School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, July 10, 2007 at Kirk Funeral Home. Interment will be at Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis with full military honors.
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