There have, in fact, been three George Ruhlen 's prominent in the U.S. Military. George Ruhlen Sr., had been an army inspector general in earlier times. George Ruhlen Jr. was Commanding Officer of Corregidor in 1938, when these photographs were taken.  He retired in 1944 and spent several years as President of the San Diego Historical Society during the late 1940's and early 1950's.

Ruhlen's son, the third George Ruhlen, served in the ETO and, as a Lt. Col., commanded the 3d Armored Field Artillery Battalion which was an element of the 9th Armored Division.  The unit took a key part in stopping German advances in the Battle of the Bulge at Medernach. He retired from the U.S. Army with the rank of major general and died in 2003.