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Joseph Cheesman Thompson
Joseph Cheesman Thompson (1874–1943) was an American career medical officer in the United States Navy who attained the rank of commander before retirement in 1929. His foes called him "Crazy Thompson", but to friends he was known as "Snake", a nickname derived from his expertise in the field of herpetology.
Thompson grew up in Japan as the son of a missionary. In 1892, Thompson graduated from the Columbia Medical School.
Thompson joined the US Navy in 1897. On May 18, 1900, he was detached from the USS Bennington, a gunboat that saw service in Hawaii, the Philippines and along the Pacific coasts of North and South America, and he was ordered to Mare Island Hospital for some unspecified treatment.
In a dispatch dated August 20, 1900, USMC Major William P. Biddle lists "Asst. Surg. J. C. Thompson, U.S.N.", as part of the First Regiment United States Marines China Relief Expedition, which was sent to Peking to rescue foreigners and Chinese Christians who were under attack by the "Boxers" or "Fists of Righteous Harmony". Another dispatch of the same date commends J.C. Thompson, among others, as "alert and zealous in caring for those overcome by the heat and the wounded".
On December 22, 1900, The New York Times reported, "Assistant surgeon J. C. Thompson is detached from Cavite Hospital and ordered to the Solace." (The USS Solace was a hospital ship used at first during the Spanish–American War.)
By 1903, Thompson had passed his assistant status and was assigned to the Navy Yard at Puget Sound.
In February 1908, Thompson was assigned to special duty with the War Department. On January 8, 1909, papers discussed the "mystery in navy" over his whereabouts. Thompson was recruited by friend Consuelo Seoane to chart potential invasion routes of Japan while posing as South African naturalists. Thompson used the pseudonym Victor Kühne, while Seoane posed as John G. Nurse. In June 1909, the pair scouted Hong Kong's fortifications as dry run before proceeding to Japan.
Sociologist William Sims Bainbridge has recounted this version of Thompson's Navy espionage adventures:
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Joseph Cheesman Thompson
Joseph Cheesman Thompson (1874–1943) was an American career medical officer in the United States Navy who attained the rank of commander before retirement in 1929. His foes called him "Crazy Thompson", but to friends he was known as "Snake", a nickname derived from his expertise in the field of herpetology.
Thompson grew up in Japan as the son of a missionary. In 1892, Thompson graduated from the Columbia Medical School.
Thompson joined the US Navy in 1897. On May 18, 1900, he was detached from the USS Bennington, a gunboat that saw service in Hawaii, the Philippines and along the Pacific coasts of North and South America, and he was ordered to Mare Island Hospital for some unspecified treatment.
In a dispatch dated August 20, 1900, USMC Major William P. Biddle lists "Asst. Surg. J. C. Thompson, U.S.N.", as part of the First Regiment United States Marines China Relief Expedition, which was sent to Peking to rescue foreigners and Chinese Christians who were under attack by the "Boxers" or "Fists of Righteous Harmony". Another dispatch of the same date commends J.C. Thompson, among others, as "alert and zealous in caring for those overcome by the heat and the wounded".
On December 22, 1900, The New York Times reported, "Assistant surgeon J. C. Thompson is detached from Cavite Hospital and ordered to the Solace." (The USS Solace was a hospital ship used at first during the Spanish–American War.)
By 1903, Thompson had passed his assistant status and was assigned to the Navy Yard at Puget Sound.
In February 1908, Thompson was assigned to special duty with the War Department. On January 8, 1909, papers discussed the "mystery in navy" over his whereabouts. Thompson was recruited by friend Consuelo Seoane to chart potential invasion routes of Japan while posing as South African naturalists. Thompson used the pseudonym Victor Kühne, while Seoane posed as John G. Nurse. In June 1909, the pair scouted Hong Kong's fortifications as dry run before proceeding to Japan.
Sociologist William Sims Bainbridge has recounted this version of Thompson's Navy espionage adventures:
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