Elliott R. Thorpe

Elliott R. Thorpe. Self: Sacrifice at Pearl Harbor. A native of Stonington, Connecticut, General Elliott R. Thorpe's military career encompassed two world wars, the reconstruction of Japan, and a tour of duty in post-war Thailand. He stood guard in the Hall of Mirrors in Versailles when the World War I treaty was signed in 1919 and was also on the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay when the Japanese surrendered to...