Who was Joe George? Remember him -- and Pearl Harbor
He was only a boatswain's mate second-class assigned to a repair ship in the U.S. Navy that fateful Sunday, December 7th, 1941 -- but he knew how to obey orders and, more important, when to ignore them and act on his own initiative. His bold action would save the lives of six of his fellow sailors caught in the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor on that date, which still lives in infamy. The phrase was used by a
