| 词条 | George C. Thorpe |
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|name = George Cyrus Thorpe |image = |caption = |birth_date = {{birth date|1875|1|7}} |death_date = {{death date and age|1936|7|28|1875|1|7}} |birth_place = Northfield, Minnesota |death_place = Bethesda Naval Hospital Bethesda, Maryland |placeofburial= Arlington National Cemetery |placeofburial_label = Place of burial |nickname = |allegiance = United States of America |branch = United States Marine Corps |serviceyears = 1898–1923 |rank = Colonel |unit = 1917–1918, Chief of Staff, 2nd Marine Brigade[1] |commands = {{Plainlist|
|battles = Spanish–American War Philippine–American War Negro Rebellion |awards = {{Plainlist|
|relations = Amy Elizabeth Thorpe, daughter |laterwork = Author, lawyer }} George Cyrus Thorpe (January 7, 1875 – July 28, 1936) was a United States Marine Corps officer during the Spanish–American War and the Philippine–American War. He was an early writer on military logistics.[2] He was one of 23 Marine Corps officers awarded the Marine Corps Brevet Medal for bravery. He was also an author and lawyer after he retired from the Marine Corps. BiographyThorpe was born January 7, 1875 in Northfield, Minnesota and in 1894 received an appointment to the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. He resigned in November 1896 but when the Spanish–American War started he applied for a commission in the Marine Corps and was appointed a Second Lieutenant. In 1903–1904, Captain Thorpe commanded the Marine guard of the American diplomatic mission to Abyssinia, and photographed the emperor Menelik II.[3][2] He married Cora Wells of Minnesota, and the marriage produced daughter Amy Elizabeth Thorpe, who became an American spy, codenamed "Cynthia", who worked for William Stephenson during World War II, director of British Security Coordination, a cover organization in New York City set up by British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) in May 1940. While serving in the Marine Corps he earned his Bachelor of Science from New York University in 1910. In 1912 he served in Cuba during U.S. intervention in the Negro Rebellion.[4] Thorpe also graduated from the Naval War College in 1915 before serving on its staff, earned a Master of Arts from Brown University in 1916, and completed the General Staff College in 1921. He was a Major when he was assigned to the Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C. in 1917. In 1922 or 1923 he was found not physically qualified for further service because several toes from both feet had been amputated. He was placed on the retired list as a Colonel. After retiring from the Marine Corps he became a lawyer and author, writing several books on legal subjects. He had previously written on military matters. George Thorpe died July 28, 1936 at Bethesda Naval Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. His grave can be found in section 6, site 9287. He married[5] Cora Edna Wells, on April 8, 1908,[6] the daughter of a Minnesota senator.{{citation needed|date=April 2015}} They had had three children; the eldest, Amy Elizabeth Thorpe, was a successful World War II spy. Presidential citationCitationThe President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Marine Corps Brevet Medal to George Cyrus Thorpe, First Lieutenant, U.S. Marine Corps, for distinguished conduct and public service in the presence of the enemy at Novaleta, Philippine Islands. On 28 March 1901, appointed Captain, by brevet, from 8 October 1899.[7] Secretary of the Navy citationCitationThe Secretary of the Navy takes pleasure in transmitting to First Lieutenant George Cyrus Thorpe, United States Marine Corps, the Brevet Medal which is awarded in accordance with Marine Corps Order No. 26 (1921), for distinguished conduct and public service in the presence of the enemy while serving with the Second Battalion of Marines, at Novaleta, Philippine Islands, on 8 October 1899. On 28 March 1901, First Lieutenant Thorpe is appointed Captain, by brevet, to rank from 8 October 1899.[8] Works
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1. ^1 2 {{cite book |url=http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/usmchist/3rdMar.txt|accessdate=2015-04-05 |title=A Brief History of the 3d Marines |chapter=Appendix A – COMMANDING OFFICERS, 3D MARINES, 1911–1961 |first=Benis M. |last=Frank |year=1968 |publisher=Historical Branch, G-3 Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps |location=Washington, D. C.}} previous editions in 1958, 1961 2. ^1 {{cite news|url=http://www.marines.mil/Portals/59/Publications/Fortitudine%20Vol%2016%20No%204_1.pdf |accessdate=2015-04-04 |format=PDF |title=Marine Corps Logistics in World War II |authorlink=Edwin H. Simmons |first=Edwin H. |last=Simmons |page=4 |work=Fortitudine |volume=XVI |date=Spring 1987 |number=4 |publisher=Marine Corps Historical Center}} 3. ^1 UNCLE SAM'S MISSION TO KING MENELEK, in the Tacoma Times (via Chronicling America); published March 15, 1904; retrieved February 22, 2015 4. ^Clark, pg. 97–99 5. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|accessdate=2015-03-13|url=http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/gcthorpe.htm|title=George Cyrus Thorpe, at the Arlington National Cemetery Website}} 6. ^{{cite letter |url=http://www.madamebrousse.com/?p=269 |accessdate=2015-04-04 |title=Alumni Records, University of Michigan, Cora Thorpe |date=November 20, 2007 |first=Karen |last=Jania |recipient=Jeff Shear |quote=her father was H. H. Wells, a Banker and Merchant in Morris, Minnesota. She was born in Morris, MN on August 5, 1899 (sic), graduated from the University of Michigan in 1903 and was a graduate student at Columbia.Wells married George Cyrus Thorpe, an officer in the Marine Corps, on April 8, 1908.According to a biography that appeared in the April 1935 Michigan Alumnus, "she published her book on Hawaii, entitled In the Path of the Tradewinds. During the World War her talents as a speaker and organizer came to the fore and made her services valuable to the Red Cross. Since then they have found frequent opportunity in civic and political expression. She was a member, in 1932, of the Republican National Committee and Chairman of Speakers for the League of Republican Women of the District of Columbia in 1933. Her three children, she declares are the best of her 'accomplishments.' One, Betty Thorpe Pack, who is married to a diplomat in the British Embassy, was a literary prodigy at twelve. Another daughter is studying voice in Paris and her young son is a collegian at Yale." |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150411084902/http://www.madamebrousse.com/?p=269 |archivedate=2015-04-11 |df= }} 7. ^1 {{cite web|accessdate=2009-07-22|url=http://www.homeofheroes.com/valor/01_usmcBVT/USMCbrevet.html|title=U.S. Marine Corps Recipients of the Brevet Medal|author=Sterner, C. Douglas|format=MS Word|publisher=Home of Heroes}} 8. ^{{cite web|accessdate=2009-08-07|url=http://www.militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=3422|publisher=Hall of Valor|title=George Thorpe|work=Military Times}} External links
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