George Carrington

Col. George W. Carrington was born in New York on January 5th, 1921. He entered Heaven’s Gates on February 21th, 2015.
George was survived by his loving wife Else, son Alex and daughter-in law Lisa: Sister Ann Wood; nephews Page, George and Wistar Wood, Chet Benson and niece Julie Foster.
George graduated from Yale University in 1942, after which he began his career in the United States Marine Corps. George fought in the Pacific theatre during WWII where he received the Bronze Star Medal (with combat V & 1 Star), Purple Heart, Navy Unit Commendation Medal (with 2 Star), American Defense Service Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and WWII Victory Medal. During his presence in the Korean War and the Viet Nam War, George was presented with the Korean Service Medal (3 Stars), Chinese-Nationalist Army-Navy Air Force Medal and the Presidential Unit Citation. George also served as the Aide to Gen. Maxwell Taylor: Joint Chiefs of Staff during the Kennedy Administration.
George had many interest after his Military career. He graduated from Oxford University in England with a Doctorate in Chinese History, after which he authored “Foreigners in Formosa 1842 – 1874”, “ I Chose to be a U.S. Marine” as well as “American Missionaries and Russian Explorers Close in on China”. He helped edit and wrote an introduction to Richard A. Steel’s “Through Peking’s Sewer Gate, Relief of the Boxer Siege, 1900-1901”. George served as the Dean of Faculty at the Marine Military Academy. George enjoyed playing tennis with friends and later enjoyed playing rounds of golf with his pals at the Bel-Air Country Club. If not able to attend or play, George would follow soccer, football, baseball and especially basketball. He was a member of Los Angeles Philharmonic Committee and the China Society.
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