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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Thomas Eugene Bourke (May 5, 1896 ? January 9, 1978) was a United States Marine Corps general who, during World War II, commanded Marine artillery units commanded World War on Guadalcanal, Tarawa and Leyte. At the end of World War II, he commanded the 5th Marine Division in the occupation of Japan, and the Fleet Marine Force, Pacific Bourke was a native of Robinson, Maryland, and a graduate of St. Johns College, Annapolis, Maryland. He was commissioned in 1917 after service in the Maryland National Guard…mehr

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Thomas Eugene Bourke (May 5, 1896 ? January 9, 1978) was a United States Marine Corps general who, during World War II, commanded Marine artillery units commanded World War on Guadalcanal, Tarawa and Leyte. At the end of World War II, he commanded the 5th Marine Division in the occupation of Japan, and the Fleet Marine Force, Pacific Bourke was a native of Robinson, Maryland, and a graduate of St. Johns College, Annapolis, Maryland. He was commissioned in 1917 after service in the Maryland National Guard along the Mexican border. While en route to Santo Domingo for his first tour, he and 50 recruits were diverted to St. Croix, becoming the first U.S. troops to land on what had just become the American Virgin Islands. Post-World War I tours included service at Quantico, Parris Island, San Diego, and Headquarters Marine Corps.