Biography

Foucek, George b. August 29, 1917, Omaha, Nebraska; Attended High School for 3 years; Single; Machinists Apprentice; CP of Spain; Received Passport# 457942 on July 18, 1937 which gave his address as 2861 Cass Street, Omaha, Nebraska; Sailed July 14, 1937 aboard the Aquitania; Arrived in Spain via Agullana on July 25, 1937; Served with the XV BDE, Auto Park/Transport; Rank Soldado; Returned to the US on December 15, 1938 aboard the Paris; WWII US Army, enlisted February 1945; d. May 17, 1996, San Francisco, California; Younger brother of Albert Foucek; Wife Helen Laverne Coleman Foucek.

Siblings: sisters Jeaz Z. (1909-?), Elsie (Eliska) Coleman (1912-?), Alice (1912-?), Anne Dorthy Forslund (1919-2016), Marie Foucek (1929-?), brothers Victor (1912-?), Karel (Charles) A. (1922-1964), Edward E. (1924-1969), Zdenka Chase (?); Younger brother of Albert Foucek.

Sources: Sail; Scope of Soviet Activity; Figueres List; Pay; RGASPI; L-W Tree Ancestry; Find-a-Grave# 114667297. Code A

Photographs: George Foucek in Spain, RA Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 891; and detail from a group photograph taken aboard the Paris; December 1938.