Maj. Gen. George Harper

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Maj. Gen. George Harper

Background

George Harper is a major general in the United States Air Force stationed at Lafayette Air Base in Reims, France.

During the events of The Twilight Zone: Season 1 Episode 18 The Last Flight played by Alexander Scourby

A Technical Sergeant tells Harper that Maj. Wilson is there to see him and Wilson brings Lt. William Terrance Decker into Harper's office. Harper asks Decker who he is and then asks what he is doing on the base and why he is dressed the way he is. Harper calls Decker's uniform a costume and Decker tells him that he thought he was landing at 56th Squadron Royal Flying Corps. Wilson asks Decker what the date is and Decker believes it is 1917. Wilson tells him it is 1959 which shocks Decker. Decker describes how he passed through a white cloud which engulfed his plane. He says there was no sound and the same thing happened to the French pilot Guimerd. Decker brings up the name A.V.M. Alexander Mackaye and Harper tells him that Mackaye is on his way to the base, but Decker thinks it is impossible as he thought Mackaye was dead. Harper and Wilson look through Decker's things and Wilson tells Harper, he's not sure that Decker is lying.

After Wilson allows Decker to escape, Harper tells Wilson that he is in trouble and the Technical Sergeant tells Harper that Mackaye is there to see him. Wilson asks Mackaye if he ever knew someone named Decker. Mackaye tells him that Decker saved his life when he was surrounded by German planes. Harper asks if Decker's personal effects were returned, but Mackaye tells him that they weren't. Harper pulls out the items they took from Decker and shows them to Mackaye and Wilson calls Mackaye his old nickname.