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2nd Lt George F. Pennington was a graduate of Harding High School before he enlisted on 3 July of 1941. He was sent overseas in August 1944.

He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross posthumously. The citation cited: for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving with Company E, 101st Infantry Regiment, 26th Infantry Division, in action against enemy forces in Luxembourg, on 28 December 1944. On that date, during an action near Nothum, Luxembourg, Lt Pennington gallantly assumed an exposed position in the face of an enemy counterattack consisting of infantrymen and an armored car.
He killed three and wounded four of the advancing enemy and although mortally wounded by hostile 20-mm. fire he courageously picked up a rocket-launcher and in the face of direct, intense enemy fire knocked out the appraoching enemy vehicle. Lt Pennington died as a result of his wound but his gallant actions and supreme devotion to duty live on as an inspiration to the men with whom he fought.