He is known as a hero by having rescued his younger brother Harry from having fallen through ice, though it made him deaf in the left ear, and for saving his boss, Mr. Gower, from jail time, when he accidentally put poison in a child's prescription. His goal is to design bridges and skyscrapers and see the world, but for the good of others, he repeatedly sacrifices his goal. While Harry is in the army fighting in World War II, the only battle George fights is the battle of Bedford Falls.