Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Gerald C. Thomas

Battles of Gerald C. Thomas

Recipient of the Purple Heart medal (1894–1984)

Gerald C. Thomas is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1920 and 1951: 4 battles across 3 present-day countries, most in South Korea (2), Haiti (1), Solomon Islands (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 20,550 km apart end to end, 6,850 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Pacific War (1), Korean War (1).

Battle of Port-au-PrinceBattle of Tulagi and Gavutu–TanambogoBattle of HwacheonBattle of the PunchbowlBattle of Port-au-PrinceBattle of Tulagi and Gavutu–TanambogoBattle of HwacheonBattle of the PunchbowlBuenos AiresManilaChicagoLimaTehranKinshasaTaipeiBengaluruBangkokMiami5000 km14.589N, 43.908E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1920: 1 engagements1942: 1 engagements1951: 2 engagements2 in 195119201951
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Port-au-Prince, 1920Battle of Tulagi and Gavutu–Tanambogo, 1942Battle of Hwacheon, 1951Battle of the Punchbowl, 195119201951
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
15 January 1920Battle of Port-au-PrincePort-au-Prince, HaitiAmerican-Haitian government victory
7 August 1942Battle of Tulagi and Gavutu–TanambogoTulagi, Solomon Islands14,272 km WAllied victory
26 April 1951Battle of HwacheonSouth Korea6,236 km NWUN victory
31 August 1951Battle of the PunchbowlPunchbowl, Korea, South Korea42 km NEUN tactical victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.