George Roberts (Red Land of the Free)

George Roberts was a politician, solider, councillor, communist, US president and later Chairman of the Communist party of the US. He was born in California served well in WWI receiving a medal of honor. He later entered local politics for the democrat party and became a member of the California State Assembly. Later he won the nomination as a democrat candidate and then won the election in 1932. He during the next 29 years of his presidency turned America to a communist state. He died of a stroke in 1961 and was replaced by by General Kyle Orman.

Early Life
George Roberts was born on 7 March 1896 to a lower class Californian family who owned a farm. He was the eldest of 3 children with 2 younger sisters. He attended primary and secondary school but never showed a great interest in further education or politics. As a child he was a hard worker and never excelled at school more interested in building a stable family and keeping the family farm running. He married in 1915 to Laura Neave and had 2 sons before the outbreak of the war.

The Great War
The day after the US declaration of war on the 7th December 1917 George Roberts enlisted in the United States Army and was in Europe at the start of the German Spring Offensive. This is where his name first became known outside of his home town. He fought hard throughout the retreat but was never wounded until the Second battle of the Marne when an artillery shell landed on his squad. 5 men were killed and the rest of his squad were wounded he himself had taken 2 pieces of shrapnel but went on to carry 3 of his wounded comrades back to a field hospital before refusing any medical attention returned to the front line where he fought again on the front line. His commanding officer nominated him for a medal of honor which he received some time after the battle.

State Politics
After his return from the war at home he was treated as a war hero and returned to his farm where he had a daughter with his wife. In the