April 17, 1952(1952-04-17) (aged 81) Coconut Grove, Miami, Florida
Allegiance
United States of America
Service/branch
United States Marine Corps
Years of service
1895–1934
Rank
Lieutenant General
Commands held
Department of the Pacific
Battles/wars
Spanish–American War *Capture of Guam *Battle of Manila Philippine–American War *Battle of Olongapo *Battle of Bacoor Boxer Rebellion *Siege of Peking Banana Wars *Santo Domingo Expedition *Cuban Expedition *Haitian Expedition *Mexican Expedition World War I *Battle of the Atlantic
Awards
Marine Corps Brevet Medal
Relations
David E. Twiggs (grandfather) Abraham Myers (father)
John Twiggs Myers (January 29, 1871 – April 17, 1952) was a United States Marine Corps general who was most famous for his service as the American Legation Guard in Beijing during the Boxer Rebellion.
Marion Twiggs (daughter of General David E. Twiggs) and West Point graduate and U.S. Army officer, later Confederate Quartermaster General Abraham Myers, John...
David Emanuel Twiggs. Another son was USMC Major Levi Twiggs. A great-grandson of General JohnTwiggs was USMC Major General JohnTwiggsMyers holder of the...
brevet promotion in 1814, and JohnTwiggsMyers, who died in 1952, was the last surviving recipient. In 1921, Commandant John A. Lejeune requested that a...
February 1850, Major General David E. Twiggs named Fort Myers for his future son-in-law; Myers married Marion Twiggs before 1861. After accepting the rank...
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garrison is US Marine Major Matt Lewis, loosely based on the real Major JohnTwiggsMyers, an experienced China hand who knows local conditions well. A love...
recruits who had not seen combat, under the command of Second Lieutenant JohnTwiggsMyers) were shooting accurately enough to cause Glass to smile pleasantly...
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Ben H. Fuller, (30 Jul 1925–7 Dec 1925) Lieuteant General (USMC) JohnTwiggsMyers, (8 Dec 1925–24 Jan 1928) Presley M. Rixey Jr., (25 Jan 1928–22 Feb...
to seven, manned by several Marine companies, commanded by Major JohnTwiggsMyers. At the time, the gathering was the most numerous of American ships...
by the Boxers at Beijing. Arriving Tianjin on May 22. As Captains JohnTwiggsMyers and Newt Hall, USMC – under the command of Captain Bowman H. McCalla...
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November 16, 1918, and appointed post adjutant to Brigadier General JohnTwiggsMyers. Harrington remained in Peking, China, until June 1916, when he was...
John Philip Sousa, USNR – Legendary band leader. United States Marine Corps Lieutenant General Dennis McCarthy, USMC Lieutenant General JohnTwiggs Myers...
United States Army Brevet Maj. Gen. David E. Twiggs surrendered the arsenal peacefully to the secessionists. Twiggs was appointed a major general in the Confederate...
Train – Capts. George H. Crosman & Abraham C. Myers 2nd Brigade "Right Wing" – Colonel David E. Twiggs 5th Infantry – Lt. Col. James S. McIntosh Battery...
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Emma Kimberley Twigg MNZM (born 1 March 1987) is a New Zealand rower. A single sculler, she was the 2014 world champion and won gold in her fourth Olympics...