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Marine BGen Henry Williams Hise.
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Contact Info
Home Town Shamrock
Last Address Lubbock, TX
Date of Passing Oct 15, 2010
Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia
BGen Henry Hise retired from the USMC in Nov, 1971 with thirty-years of service. He returned to his home state of Texas where de died at the age of 90 on 15Oct 2010.
Other Comments:
In 1971 BGen Hise began a long retirement which was just as active as his service years. He began by teaching international relations and foreign policy at the University of Texas. In 1977, he moved to Austin to become the Executive Director of the Community Mental Health Centers of Texas until 1985.
In 1995 he returned to Guadalcanal with one of his sons and two grandsons.
BGen Hise was known as a talented sculptor, avid gardner and woodworker, and student of philosophy. He had a passion for learning, everything from astronomy to zoology. He was also known as a very kind and able man.
New Guinea Campaign (1942-44)/Landing at Emirau
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March / 1944
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March / 1944
Description The Landing on Emirau (20-27 March 1944) was the last of the series of operations that made up Operation Cartwheel, General Douglas MacArthur's strategy for the encirclement of the major Japanese base at Rabaul. A force of nearly 4,000 United States Marines landed on the island of Emirau on 20 March 1944. The island was not occupied by the Japanese and there was no fighting. It was developed into an airbase which formed the final link in the chain of bases surrounding Rabaul. The isolation of Rabaul permitted MacArthur to turn his attention westward and commence his drive along the north coast of New Guinea toward the Philippines.
