James H. Turpin [SEP] conflict
James H. Turpin
First Sergeant James H. Turpin (1846 – May 6, 1893) was an American soldier in the United States Army who served with the fifth U.S. Cavalry regiment during the Apache Wars. Turpin was one of 12 men received the Medal of Honor for gallantry in several engagements with the Apache Indians in the Arizona Territory during Lieutenant Colonel George Crook's "winter campaign" between 1872 and 1873.
Biography.
James H. Turpin was born in Easton, Massachusetts in 1846. He enlisted in the United States
fire lookout, and saved AP's offices at Fleetway House from burning down during an air raid. After the war he returned to "Knockout", becoming editor in 1948. He featured more adventure strips, including adaptations of classic adventure novels, scripting some of them, including "The Three Musketeers", drawn by Eric Parker. He wrote pirate strip "Captain Flame" for artist Sep E. Scott, and Dick Turpin serials for H. M. Brock and D. C. Eyles. He was also an artist, drawing strips like