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George Lafayette Mabry, Jr. (September 14, 1917 – July 13, 1990) was a United States Army officer and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions during the Battle of Hurtgen Forest in World War II. ==Biography== Mabry was 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. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.presby.edu/library/archives/blog/june-2010/ )〕 Mabry joined the US Army at his birthplace of Sumter, South Carolina. On June 6, 1944, Mabry landed with the 4thInfantry 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.〔 While in the Canal Zone, Mabry played a significant role in establishing the US Army Jungle Warfare Training Center at Fort Sherman.〔 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.veterantributes.org/TributeDetail.php?recordID=1558 )〕 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. He was buried at Holy Cross Episcopal Church cememtery in Stateburg, South Carolina. Mabry had two sons, a daughter, and his wife Eulena.〔 On May 28, 1990, the Major General George L. Mabry, Jr. Veterans Memorial Park was dedicated in Stateburg.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.scout.me/major-general-george-l-mabry-jr-veterans-memorial-park--near--shaw-a-f-b-sc/e-19175119 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George L. Mabry, Jr.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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