Sgt. George Risner was born in St. Louis, Missouri. Risner volunteered for the U.S. Army with Matt Baker after graduating from high school. Because of a knee injury during basic training, Risner was unable to join the paratroops and was separated from his friend Matt. Risner joined the tank corps instead, and became the commander of an M5 Stuart tank in the 70th Tank Battalion. Risner is scheduled to land at Utah beach and has agreed to link up with Baker in Normandy after D-Day.