George M. Moore, Jr. - Memorial Plaque - Batesville, MS
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YoSam.
N 34° 19.004 W 089° 57.164
16S E 228293 N 3801224
Vietnam vet, disabled, F-100 pilot, and VA Medical Center director
Waymark Code: WMQ4VP
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 12/20/2015
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County of memorial: Panola County
Location of memorial: Behind Veterans Memorial Fountain, Panola Ave. & College St., Memorial Park, Batesville
Memorial text:
In Honor of
George M. Moore, Jr.
Captain USAF
"A Winner is just a loser,
who tried one more time."
"Capt. Moore's instinct, training and experience
instantaneously reacted to control the aircraft, as the
landing gear was ripped away. He knew he had lo keep
his fighter on the airstrip and out of the sand off the
edge of the runway... keep it from flipping. Oven as he
struggled lo control the craft, loo many forces were out of
control. The plane plowed off the edge of the runway and
began to Hip and cartwheel 13 limes before grinding lo a
mangled, burning halt.
Ground crews raced to extinguish the fire and cut Moore from
the wreckage of his aircraft.
Burned over 70% of his body, the young captain had somehow
survived the devastating crash. But, surviving was only the beginning. Moore spent the next 43 months hospitalized. He endured 49 surgeries, which included the amputation of both of his legs, his right arm and little finger of his left hand. His left arm did not require amputation, but was substantially damaged.
The man whose first words were "app-pane;" the man who
dreamed of flying and made his dream come true as a U.S. Air
Force pilot, the man who loved to fly was medically retired from
the Air Force, but, he refused Io be grounded.
"A winner is just a loser who tried one more lime," is George
Moore's moto, and he is living proof of a true winner, because he
has never slopped trying." ~ DAV Magazine September 2003