Colonel George W. Everett was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School, 3 December 1942, Class # 116-42. His first duty assignment was as Platoon Leader, Company B, 32nd ITB, Camp Craft, South Carolina. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Exec Off, Company Cmdr, Co B, 32nd ITB, Cp Craft, SC; Company Cmdr, Co E, 399th Inf, European Theater of Operations; Instr, Wpns Section, The Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia; Company Cmdr, Headquarters & Headquarters Co, 7th Inf, Fort Devons, Massachusetts; Bn S-3, Headquarters, 1st Bn, 7th Inf, Fort Devons, Massachusetts; Asst G-3, Headquarters, VI Corps, Cp Atterburg, Indiana; Aide-de-Camp and SGS, Headquarters, VII Corps, EUCOM; Plans and Policies Officer, Asst SGS & Aide-de-Camp to CG, Headquarters, 7th Army, USAREUR; Asst SGS, OCSA, DA, Washington, D.C.; Ch Plans Off, G-3 Sec, Headquarters, I Corps (Gp), USARPAC, Korea; Ex O Ofc Sp Asst for Sp Warfare, OCSA, Washington, D. C.; Ch, Plns Br, Mil Pers & Plns Div, OACof S G-1, Headquarters, USARPAC, Fort Shafter, Hawaii; XO, OACofS, G-1, Headquarters, USARPAC, Fort Shafter, Hawaii; CO, 3rd Bde, 9th Inf Div, Republic of Vietnam; G-3, I Field Force, Vietnam. | Colonel Everett's awards and decorations include: Distinguished Service Cross, Silver Star, LOM, BS w/V, BS, Air Medal (11 Oak Leaf Cluster), Purple Heart w/Oak Leaf Cluster, CIB w/Star, Parachutist.