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Austin Conner Shofner
Colonel Austin C. Shofner, USMC
Nickname(s)Shifty
Born(1916-03-03)March 3, 1916
Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S.
DiedNovember 13, 1999(1999-11-13) (aged 83)
Shelbyville, Tennessee, U.S.
Place of burial
Shofner Lutheran Church Cemetery, Bedford County, Tennessee
35°26′49″N 86°19′48″W / 35.4470°N 86.3299°W / 35.4470; -86.3299
AllegianceUnited States United States of America
Service/branch United States Marine Corps
Years of service1937–1959
Rank Brigadier general
Commands held3rd Battalion, 5th Marines
1st Battalion, 1st Marines
Provost Marshal, 1st Marine Division
6th Marine Regiment
Battles/warsWorld War II
  • Philippines campaign (1941-1942)
  • Battle of Corregidor
  • Philippine resistance against Japan
  • Battle of Peleliu
  • Battle of Luzon
  • Battle of Okinawa

Chinese Civil War

  • Operation Beleaguer
AwardsDistinguished Service Cross
Silver Star (2)
Legion of Merit
Purple Heart

Brigadier General Austin Conner Shofner (March 3, 1916 – November 13, 1999) was a United States Marine Corps officer who was captured during the Battle of Corregidor and then part of the only successful escape from a Japanese prisoner of war camp.[1] He joined the Philippine resistance, and later returned to command units of the Marine Corps in the battles of Peleliu and Okinawa.[2]

  1. ^ "Tennessee General Assembly Resolution to honoring Brigadier General Shofner" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-20. Retrieved 2011-06-30.
  2. ^ "Austin C. Shofner Papers – USMC Military History Division". USMC Military History Division. Archived from the original on 2013-08-01. Retrieved June 9, 2018.

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