Background
Weller, George Anthony was born on July 13, 1907 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
(In The Story of the Paratroops George Weller tells how th...)
In The Story of the Paratroops George Weller tells how the miraculous training of the first "infantry of the clouds" was accomplished. Starting with man's first desire to jump into space, he traces the development of the parachute from the early days of balloons and dare devil stunt jumpers to the organization of trained regiments of courageous fighting paratroopers.
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Weller, George Anthony was born on July 13, 1907 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
Student, Roxbury Latin School, 1925. AB, Harvard University, 1929. Student, Max Reinhardt School.
Student, University Vienna, 1931.
Teacher Evans Ranch School, Tucson, 1929-1930. Foreign correspondent New York Times, Greece and Balkans, 1932-1936. Director Homeland Foundation, 1938-1940.
War correspondent Chicago Daily News, Balkans, Belgian Congo, Abyssinia, Singapore, Java, New Guinea, Solomons, 1940-1972. Roving correspondent Mediterranean, Balkans, Middle East and periodically, Southeast Asia and United Nations. Now foreign correspondent in Middle East and Mediterranean.
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Fellow Explorers Club (New York City). Member Dramatists Guild, Phi Beta Kappa (honorary) Clubs: Overseas Press (New York City). Stampa Estera (Rome) (president 1954-1955, vice president 1973-1974).
Son of George J. and Matilda (McAleer) W. M. Katherine Deupree, 1932 (divorced 1944). 1 daughter, Ann; m. Charlotte Ebener, January 23, 1948.
1 son, Anthony.