George G. McMurtry Jr., a member of the 308th Infantry during WW1 was the recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor. He is best known as being a member of the “Lost Battalion,” the millionaire stockbroker from New York, but he spent his youth on the Northside of Pittsburgh (Allegheny City). He was the son of a wealthy Iron Manufacturer and at age 10, the Pittsburgh Cyclorama Company built a large building only a few hundred feet from the McMurtry residence. It was a 360-degree mural displaying the “Battle of Gettysburg” and would have undoubtedly been a draw to the young McMurtry during his youth. This video gives a glimpse of the places McMurtry lived while he was in Pittsburgh.
