| 词条 | George L. Mabry Jr. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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|name=George Lafayette Mabry Jr. |birth_date={{Birth date|1917|9|14}} |death_date={{Death date and age|1990|7|13|1917|9|14}} |birth_place=Sumter, South Carolina |death_place= |placeofburial= Holy Cross Episcopal Church, Stateburg, South Carolina |placeofburial_label= Place of burial |image= George L. Mabry, Jr. portrait.jpg |caption= Maj. Gen. George L. Mabry Jr., U.S. Army |nickname= |allegiance= United States of America |branch=United States Army |serviceyears= 1940 - 1975 |rank= Major General |commands=2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division |unit= |battles=World War II
|awards=Medal of Honor Distinguished Service Cross Distinguished Service Medal Silver Star Legion of Merit Bronze Star Medal w/ "V" Device Purple Heart |relations= |laterwork= }} George Lafayette Mabry Jr. (September 14, 1917 – July 13, 1990) was a United States Army major general and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration for valor—the Medal of Honor—for heroism above and beyond the call of duty on 20 November 1944, during the Battle of Hurtgen Forest in World War II. BiographyMabry was an Hillcrest High School graduate (Dalzell, Sumter County, S. C.) and a 1940 graduate of Presbyterian College in Clinton, South Carolina. Mabry majored in English and minored in psychology with hopes of becoming a teacher and coach. He played college baseball for four years and football for two years, and was a captain in the college ROTC corps.[1] Mabry joined the US Army at his birthplace of Sumter, South Carolina. On June 6, 1944, Mabry landed with the 4th Infantry Division on Utah beach during the D day invasion of Normandy, France. After rapidly rising through the officer ranks, Mabry was a lieutenant colonel in the 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division. On November 20, 1944, while leading his battalion in the Hurtgen Forest near Schevenhütte, Germany, Mabry personally found a safe route through a minefield, led a group of scouts in the capture of three enemy bunkers, and then established an advantageous defensive position. For these actions, he was awarded the Medal of Honor the following year, in September 1945. From 1954 to 1956, Mabry served as commander of the 31st Infantry Regiment in South Korea. After that, Mabry spent ten years serving with US forces in the Panama Canal Zone, with four years as commander.[2] While in the Canal Zone, Mabry played a significant role in establishing the US Army Jungle Warfare Training Center at Fort Sherman.[1] Mabry's final posting was as Commander of the United States Southern Command at Fort Amador in Panama and then at Fort Sheridan, Illinois during the 1970s.[2] Mabry reached the rank of major general before retiring from the Army in 1975. Mabry died at age 72 of prostate cancer at Richland Memorial Hospital in Columbia, South Carolina.[3] He was buried at Holy Cross Episcopal Church cemetery in Stateburg, South Carolina. Mabry had two sons, a daughter, and his wife Eulena.[3] On May 28, 1990, the Major General George L. Mabry Jr. Veterans Memorial Park was dedicated in Stateburg.[4] Military awardsMabry's military decorations and awards include:
Medal of Honor citationMabry's official Medal of Honor citation reads: He was commanding the 2d Battalion, 8th Infantry, in an attack through the Hurtgen Forest near Schevenhutte, Germany, on 20 November 1944. During the early phases of the assault, the leading elements of his battalion were halted by a minefield and immobilized by heavy hostile fire. Advancing alone into the mined area, Col. Mabry established a safe route of passage. He then moved ahead of the foremost scouts, personally leading the attack, until confronted by a boobytrapped double concertina obstacle. With the assistance of the scouts, he disconnected the explosives and cut a path through the wire. Upon moving through the opening, he observed 3 enemy in foxholes whom he captured at bayonet point. Driving steadily forward he paced the assault against 3 log bunkers which housed mutually supported automatic weapons. Racing up a slope ahead of his men, he found the initial bunker deserted, then pushed on to the second where he was suddenly confronted by 9 onrushing enemy. Using the butt of his rifle, he felled 1 adversary and bayoneted a second, before his scouts came to his aid and assisted him in overcoming the others in hand-to-hand combat. Accompanied by the riflemen, he charged the third bunker under pointblank small arms fire and led the way into the fortification from which he prodded 6 enemy at bayonet point. Following the consolidation of this area, he led his battalion across 300 yards of fire-swept terrain to seize elevated ground upon which he established a defensive position which menaced the enemy on both flanks, and provided his regiment a firm foothold on the approach to the Cologne Plain. Col. Mabry's superlative courage, daring, and leadership in an operation of major importance exemplify the finest characteristics of the military service. See also{{Portal|Biography|United States Army|World War II}}
References1. ^1 {{cite web|title=George L. Mabry Jr. ‘40 Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor|url=http://www.presby.edu/library/archives/blog/june-2010/|publisher=Presbyterian College Library|accessdate=18 April 2014}} 2. ^{{cite web|title=George L. Mabry Jr.|url=http://www.veterantributes.org/TributeDetail.php?recordID=1558|publisher=Veteran Tributes|accessdate=18 April 2014}} 3. ^1 2 {{cite news|last=Barron|first=James|title=Gen. George L. Mabry Jr., 72; Was Awarded Medal of Honor|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/07/16/obituaries/gen-george-l-mabry-jr-72-was-awarded-medal-of-honor.html|accessdate=15 April 2014|newspaper=New York Times|date=July 16, 1990}} 4. ^{{cite web|title=Major General George L. Mabry Jr. Veterans Memorial Park|url=http://www.scout.me/major-general-george-l-mabry-jr-veterans-memorial-park--near--shaw-a-f-b-sc/e-19175119|publisher=Scout.com|accessdate=18 April 2014}}
|publisher = United States Army Center of Military History |title = Medal of Honor recipients - World War II (M-S) |work = Medal of Honor citations |date = June 8, 2009 |url = http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/wwII-m-s.html |accessdate = 2008-01-08}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Mabry, George L. Jr.}} 10 : 1917 births|1990 deaths|American army personnel of World War II|United States Army Medal of Honor recipients|People from Sumter, South Carolina|United States Army generals|World War II recipients of the Medal of Honor|Recipients of the Legion of Merit|Operation Overlord people|People from Stateburg, South Carolina |
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