John Twiggs Myers
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John Twiggs Myers was a United States Marine Corps general who was most famous for his service as the American Legation Guard in Beijing during the Boxer Rebellion.
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USMC Officers, Marine Barracks, Washington D.C., 1896. Then Second Lieutenant Myers is second from the right.
55 Days at Peking
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55 Days at Peking is a 1963 American epic historical war film dramatizing the siege of the foreign legations' compounds in Beijing during the Boxer Rebellion, which took place in China in the summer o
John Twiggs Myers
…died in Coconut Grove on April 17, 1952. While not actually portrayed on film, Myers has inspired characters in several films. In the historical epic 55 Days at Peking, Charlton Heston portrayed Marine Major Matt Lewis, commanding the American Legation Guard in Beijing during the Boxer Rebellion. In The Wind and the…
Theatrical release poster by Howard Terpning