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'''[[Shalhoup, George E. (31027804)|George Elias Shalhoup]]''' (5 November 1904 – 18 August 1999) was a Lebanon-born Ritchie Boy (Class 2) who used Arabic-language skills in North Africa and later served Sanford, Maine, as a veterans’ counselor.

'''[[Shalhoup, George E. (31027804)|George Elias Shalhoup]]''' (5 November 1904 – 18 August 1999) was a Lebanon-born Ritchie Boy ([[:Category:Class 2|Class 2]]) who used Arabic-language skills in North Africa and later served Sanford, Maine, as a veterans’ counselor.

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George Elias Shalhoup was born on 5 November 1904 in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon, the son of Elias and Hannah (Bshara) Shalhoup. He came to the United States in 1914 at age nine, became a citizen in 1928, and lived his adult life in Sanford, Maine, working in the shoe industry.

In the Army he attended Cooks and Bakers School at Fort Bragg and combat-intelligence training at Camp Ritchie (Class 2). In the North African campaign his Arabic made him valuable for intelligence work among Arabic-speaking populations in Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. He left the service in 1945 as a staff sergeant.

In the Army he attended Cooks and Bakers School at Fort Bragg and combat-intelligence training at Camp Ritchie ([[:Category:Class 2|Class 2]]). In the North African campaign his Arabic made him valuable for intelligence work among Arabic-speaking populations in Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. He left the service in 1945 as a staff sergeant.

Afterward Sanford appointed him veterans’ guidance counselor; for about two years he helped more than two thousand local families with VA claims. He also served over twenty-one years on Selective Service Local Board No. 16 (York County) and received presidential certificates of appreciation from Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson. An avid tennis player into his nineties, he died on 18 August 1999 in Sanford.

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+'''[[Shalhoup, George E. (31027804)|George Elias Shalhoup]]''' (5 November 1904 – 18 August 1999) was a Lebanon-born Ritchie Boy ([[:Category:Class 2|Class 2]]) who used Arabic-language skills in North Africa and later served Sanford, Maine, as a veterans’ counselor.
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 George Elias Shalhoup was born on 5 November 1904 in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon, the son of Elias and Hannah (Bshara) Shalhoup. He came to the United States in 1914 at age nine, became a citizen in 1928, and lived his adult life in Sanford, Maine, working in the shoe industry.
-In the Army he attended Cooks and Bakers School at Fort Bragg and combat-intelligence training at Camp Ritchie (Class 2). In the North African campaign his Arabic made him valuable for intelligence work among Arabic-speaking populations in Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. He left the service in 1945 as a staff sergeant.
+In the Army he attended Cooks and Bakers School at Fort Bragg and combat-intelligence training at Camp Ritchie ([[:Category:Class 2|Class 2]]). In the North African campaign his Arabic made him valuable for intelligence work among Arabic-speaking populations in Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. He left the service in 1945 as a staff sergeant.
 Afterward Sanford appointed him veterans’ guidance counselor; for about two years he helped more than two thousand local families with VA claims. He also served over twenty-one years on Selective Service Local Board No. 16 (York County) and received presidential certificates of appreciation from Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson. An avid tennis player into his nineties, he died on 18 August 1999 in Sanford.