George Ray Tweed (July 2, 1902 – January 16, 1989) was a decorated radioman in the United States Navy who served during World War II.
Tweed enlisted in the United States Navy in 1922 and attended the basic training at Naval Station Great Lakes.
[1]: 75–76 When that battery ceased operating, he used a Zenith Electronics radio to pick up also the USAFFE, The Voice of Freedom, broadcasts from Corregidor Island.
[1]: 85–86 Based on the radio broadcasts, Tweed published an underground newspaper, the Guam Eagle, for four months using a typewriter and carbon paper.
[1]: 137 Tyson and Johnston were shot when they were surrounded by 50 Japanese sailors on October 22 after Juan and Frank Perez disclosed their hiding place.
According to a newspaper article (Le Petit Journal, Montreal) from August 25, 1946, Tweed had promised the native rancher, Antonio Artero, a new car if he evaded capture and returned to the United States.
Franklin Artero, the son of Antonio, confirmed that in guided tours he gave in 2010, which included a family scrap book of this return visit by Tweed in 1946.
[2] Tweed's story is told in short in the official US Navy documentary on the Battle of Guam as well as in his 1945 book Robinson Crusoe, USN.