Bill to Honor Fallen Virgin Islands Veteran Kendall Emanuel George Advances in Senate

Nearly three weeks after this year's commemoration of Veterans Day, a bill to honor a Virgin Islands serviceman who died in the Vietnam War is now making its way through the Senate.  Corporal Kendall Emanuel George was serving in the U.S. Marine Corps when he was killed on December 2, 1966, at the young age of 24. If successful, Bill 35-0109 will have Route 107, from Coral Bay to Lameshur Bay in St. John, named “Kendall Emanuel George Drive” South.  The legislation to honor Corporal George was proposed by Sen. Dwayne DeGraff, himself a veteran. “What has he done?” Senator DeGraff asked rhetorically. “He lost his life to preserve democracy, and to keep America and the Virgin Islands homeland safe. You need to state no more,” the senator declared. Mr. DeGraff shared that Corporal George’s birthday falls on the same date as Veteran’s Day, a factoid he called “fitting.” During last Tuesday’s hearing of the Committee on Government Operations, Veterans Affairs and Consumer Protection, law...