Guy V. Henry Jr.

(1875-1967) born at Fort Robinson, Dawes County. Military officer, horseman, earned team bronze medal in equestrian event at 1912 Olympics, organized United States equestrian teams during the Olympics of 1932, 1936, and 1948; served in three wars, achieving the rank of major general, commanding several military posts, serving on several important commissions during World War II, and earning medals for bravery. Consult New York Times obituary, December 4, 1967, p. 47 and National Cyclopedia of American Biography, Vol 54 (1973) 217-218 and Bill Mallon and Ian Buchanan, Quest For Gold: The Encyclopedia of American Olympians (Leisure Press, 1984) 90.

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