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- Guy O. Fort (January 1, 1879 – November 11, 1942) was a brigadier general in the Philippine Army under the control of the United States Army Forces in the Far East. Fort led the 81st Division (Philippines) during the initial Battle of the Philippines. Ordered by his higher command to surrender, Fort was taken prisoner by Japanese forces. His captors demanded Fort help persuade his former soldiers engaged in guerrilla warfare to stop resisting the occupation. Fort refused and was executed by firing squad. Fort is the only American-born general officer to be executed by enemy forces. (en)
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- United States
- Commonwealth of the Philippines
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- Philippine Constabulary
- 81st Division (Philippines)
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- Commonwealth of the Philippines (en)
- United States (en)
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- World War II
*Pacific War
**Philippines campaign (1941–1942)
**Japanese occupation of the Philippines (en)
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- Keelerville, Michigan, U.S. (en)
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- Marawi, Mindanao, Philippines (en)
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- American Defense Service Medal ribbon.svg (en)
- Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal ribbon.svg (en)
- Purple Heart ribbon.svg (en)
- Distinguished Service Medal ribbon.svg (en)
- Philippine Campaign Medal ribbon.svg (en)
- Philippine Defense ribbon.png (en)
- Prisoner of War ribbon.svg (en)
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- Marguerite E. Fort, died 1927 (en)
- Mary Angeles Adams, died 1941 (en)
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- Guy O. Fort (January 1, 1879 – November 11, 1942) was a brigadier general in the Philippine Army under the control of the United States Army Forces in the Far East. Fort led the 81st Division (Philippines) during the initial Battle of the Philippines. Ordered by his higher command to surrender, Fort was taken prisoner by Japanese forces. His captors demanded Fort help persuade his former soldiers engaged in guerrilla warfare to stop resisting the occupation. Fort refused and was executed by firing squad. Fort is the only American-born general officer to be executed by enemy forces. (en)
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