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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 30237" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Warner </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Gordon </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>2 Raider Bn (HQ) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Captain </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>0-5437</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Navy Cross </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Bougainville 1943 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 24.10.1913, Pasadena, California, USA</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>resided Long Beach, California</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1936 graduated University of Southern California, bachelor's degree in social science</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1936 joined Marine Corps as second lieutenant</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1937 travelled to Tokyo to study Japanese martial arts</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1939-1941 teacher and swim coach Punahou Academy, Honolulu, Hawaii</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1939 set world record for 200 yard breaststroke (time 2:51.5)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1941 combat instructor Marine Corps, Quantico, Virginia</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1943 first American to raise flag Bougainville Island</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1943 lost leg</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>retired as lieutenant colonel</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1944/1950 masters degrees from University of Southern California</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1950-1954 studied education University of California, Berkeley</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1955-1964 assistant professor at California State University, Long Beach </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>18.03.1961 married <em>wife Izumi M. Warner (1926-2012) </em></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1964 retired from faculty position to become director of the Education Department on Okinawa Island</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1970s historian and curator of the US Armed Forces Museum on Okinawa (closed 1976)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>7th dan in Kendo</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>6th dan in Iaido</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>2001- emperor of Japan awarded him the Order of the Sacred Treasure, 3rd class, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon for accomplishments in martial arts.</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>2 children (son Ion Musashi Warner, daughter Irene Tomoe Cooper) </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>author of books on kendo, culture of Japan and history of the Ryukyu Islands</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>died 04.03.2010 (Aged 96), Okinawa, Japan</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>buried Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, USA. Section 28, Site 3713</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/g-warner.35724/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/35/35724-b310fd7a01c5d4b3118773224af57793.jpg?1627742330" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/g-warner.35725/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/35/35725-2c84f1ae4bc1495d2474f8b9ab737ca6.jpg?1627742331" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
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