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Bourke, USMC</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1896-05-05</span>)</span>May 5, 1896<br />Robinson, <a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">January 9, 1978<span style="display:none">(1978-01-09)</span> (aged 81)<br /><a href="/wiki/Santa_Clara,_California" title="Santa Clara, California">Santa Clara, California</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Buried</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="label"><a href="/wiki/Arlington_National_Cemetery" title="Arlington National Cemetery">Arlington National Cemetery</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data"><a 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class="infobox-data">0-96</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Commands</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/5th_Marine_Division_(United_States)" title="5th Marine Division (United States)">5th Marine Division</a><br /><a href="/wiki/10th_Marine_Regiment_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="10th Marine Regiment (United States)">10th Marine Regiment</a><br />Inspector General of <a href="/wiki/Fleet_Marine_Force_Pacific" class="mw-redirect" title="Fleet Marine Force Pacific">FMFPac</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Battles / wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><b><a href="/wiki/Pancho_Villa_Expedition" title="Pancho Villa Expedition">Pancho Villa Expedition</a></b><br /><b><a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a></b><br /><b><a href="/wiki/United_States_occupation_of_Nicaragua" title="United States occupation of Nicaragua">Nicaraguan Campaign</a></b><br /><b><a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Guadalcanal" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Guadalcanal">Battle of Guadalcanal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tarawa" title="Battle of Tarawa">Battle of Tarawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Saipan" title="Battle of Saipan">Battle of Saipan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Leyte" title="Battle of Leyte">Battle of Leyte</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Legion_of_Merit" title="Legion of Merit">Legion of Merit</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Bronze_Star_Medal" title="Bronze Star Medal">Bronze Star</a> (2)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Thomas Eugene Bourke</b> (May 5, 1896 – January 9, 1978) was a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">United States Marine Corps</a> general who, during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, commanded Marine artillery units at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Guadalcanal" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Guadalcanal">Battle of Guadalcanal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tarawa" title="Battle of Tarawa">Tarawa</a> and Leyte. At the end of World War II, he commanded the <a href="/wiki/5th_Marine_Division_(United_States)" title="5th Marine Division (United States)">5th Marine Division</a> in the occupation of <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>, and the Fleet Marine Force, Pacific. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_E._Bourke&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bourke was born on May 5, 1896, in Robinson, <a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a>, and later attended high school in <a href="/wiki/Boonsboro,_Maryland" title="Boonsboro, Maryland">Boonsboro, Maryland</a>. He later attended the <a href="/wiki/St._John%27s_College_(Annapolis/Santa_Fe)" title="St. John's College (Annapolis/Santa Fe)">St. John's College</a>, <a href="/wiki/Annapolis,_Maryland" title="Annapolis, Maryland">Annapolis, Maryland</a>, and graduated with <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">Bachelor of Arts</a> degree. Following his graduation, Bourke served with the <a href="/wiki/Maryland_National_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="Maryland National Guard">Maryland National Guard</a> along the <a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexican</a> border, before he accepted the commission as second lieutenant in the Marine Corps on February 5, 1917. </p><p>While en route to <a href="/wiki/Santo_Domingo" title="Santo Domingo">Santo Domingo</a> for his first tour, he and 50 recruits were diverted to <a href="/wiki/St._Croix" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Croix">St. Croix</a>, becoming the first U.S. troops to land on what had just become the <a href="/wiki/American_Virgin_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="American Virgin Islands">American Virgin Islands</a>. </p><p>Post-<a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> tours included service at <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Base_Quantico" title="Marine Corps Base Quantico">Quantico</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Recruit_Depot_Parris_Island" title="Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island">Parris Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Recruit_Depot_San_Diego" title="Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego">San Diego</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Headquarters_Marine_Corps" title="Headquarters Marine Corps">Headquarters Marine Corps</a>. He also served at <a href="/wiki/Pearl_Harbor" title="Pearl Harbor">Pearl Harbor</a>; was commanding officer of the Legation Guard in <a href="/wiki/Managua" title="Managua">Managua</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nicaragua" title="Nicaragua">Nicaragua</a>; saw sea duty on board the <a href="/wiki/Battleship" title="Battleship">battleship</a> <a href="/wiki/USS_West_Virginia_(BB-48)" title="USS West Virginia (BB-48)">USS <i>West Virginia</i> (BB-48)</a>; and commanded the <a href="/wiki/10th_Marine_Regiment_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="10th Marine Regiment (United States)">10th Marine Regiment</a>. </p><p>Following the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Guadalcanal" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Guadalcanal">Guadalcanal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tarawa" title="Battle of Tarawa">Tarawa campaigns</a>, General Bourke was assigned as the <a href="/wiki/V_Amphibious_Corps" title="V Amphibious Corps">V Amphibious Corps</a> <a href="/wiki/Artillery" title="Artillery">artillery</a> officer for the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Saipan" title="Battle of Saipan">invasion of Saipan</a>. He next trained combined <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">Army</a>-<a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">Marine</a> artillery units for the <a href="/wiki/XXIV_Corps_(United_States)" title="XXIV Corps (United States)">XXIV Army Corps</a>, then preparing for the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Leyte" title="Battle of Leyte">Leyte operation</a>. With <a href="/wiki/Leyte_(island)" class="mw-redirect" title="Leyte (island)">Leyte</a> secured, he assumed command of the 5th Marine Division which was planning for the <a href="/wiki/Operation_Downfall" title="Operation Downfall">invasion of Japan</a>. </p><p>After the war's sudden end, the division landed at <a href="/wiki/Sasebo,_Nagasaki" class="mw-redirect" title="Sasebo, Nagasaki">Sasebo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ky%C5%ABsh%C5%AB" class="mw-redirect" title="Kyūshū">Kyūshū</a>, and assumed occupation duties. With disbandment of the <a href="/wiki/5th_Marine_Division_(United_States)" title="5th Marine Division (United States)">5th Marine Division</a>, General Bourke became deputy commander and inspector general of <a href="/wiki/Fleet_Marine_Force_Pacific" class="mw-redirect" title="Fleet Marine Force Pacific">Fleet Marine Force Pacific</a>. Bourke retired from the Marine Corps in 1946 with a rank of lieutenant general. </p><p>Bourke died in 1978. 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