For Star subscribers: George Genung would have turned 100 this year. His accomplishments and legacy will surely endure another 100 Veterans Days.
Greg Hansen On a sunny winter afternoon in 2003, I parked in front of McKale Center and saw George Genung and his wife, Lyle, stuck in line at the ticket office. George, then 80, was in a wheelchair.
People are also reading… More than that, Genung was an American hero, whose World War II experiences in Gen. George Patton’s Third Army were so profound I offered to write a book about Genung, my father-in-law and many of their UA teammates, some of whom were killed in the War."They’re not letting you in?" I asked, incredulous, and a little steamed."You should be in the front row.
Genung died in 2006. I attended the memorial service at Amphitheater High School’s gymnasium, which was named after Genung in 1992. I think about him every time I drive by the school, about the 30 years he served as Amphi’s basketball coach, about his singular sports career at the UA, but mostly about his World War II days.
"We were among the first American troops to cross the Elbe River and meet the Russians in Germany," he said."We knew then the Germans were all but defeated, but it was still a very dangerous mission. At that time, I just wanted to survive and get back to Tucson." Genung got up from his chair and took me down a flight of stairs to a room with several large chests."Look at this," he said.
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