Francis Honeycutt
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Born |
San Francisco, California, United States | May 26, 1883||||||||||||
Died |
September 21, 1940 57) Woodbine, Georgia, United States | (aged||||||||||||
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Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||
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Francis Honeycutt (May 26, 1883 – September 21, 1940) was an American fencer and military officer. He won a bronze medal in the team foil event at the 1920 Summer Olympics.[1][2]
Honeycutt graduated from the United States Military Academy with the Class of 1904.[3] He was a classmate and friend of Joseph Stilwell, the future American commanding general in the China-Burma-India theater of World War II.[4] Before his death, Honeycutt had risen to the rank of Brigadier General.[4]
References
- ↑ "Olympics Statistics: Francis Honeycutt". databaseolympics.com. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
- ↑ "Francis Honeycutt Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
- ↑ Tuchman, Barbara (1970). Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-45. United States of America: Grove Press. p. 22. ISBN 0-8021-3852-7.
- 1 2 Tuchman, Barbara (1970). Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-45. United States of America: Grove Press. p. 199. ISBN 0-8021-3852-7.
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