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Title: Haig Shekerjian Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1905-1966
Collection number: 72081
Creator:
Shekerjian, Haig
Extent: 4 manuscript boxes, 1 envelope(1.7 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Correspondence, notes, speeches, and medals, relating to American chemical warfare activities during World War II
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Language:
English.
Collection open for research.
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[Identification of item], Haig Shekerjian Papers, [Box no.], Hoover Institution
Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1972.
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
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of boxes listed in this finding aid.
| 1886, 13 June | Born, Turkey |
| 1906 | Student, Colgate University |
| 1907 | Entered military service as a cadet |
| 1911 | Graduate, B.S. degree and commissioned as second lieutenant of Infantry |
| 1916-17 | Served with the Punitive Expedition in Mexico under General Pershing |
| 1914-1918 | Assistant military attaché in Greece, with the Allied Armies of the Orient in the Middle East |
| 1923 | Transferred to the Chemical Warfare Service |
| 1942 | Promoted to Brigadier General |
| 1939-1945 | Chemical Officer, First Army; Commanding General of the Chemical Warfare Replacement Center; Commanding General at Camp Sibert, Alabama |
| 1946 | Retired from military service |
| 1966 | Died |
Scope and Content of Collection
Correspondence, notes, speeches, and medals, relating to American chemical warfare activities during World War II
United States.--Army--Officers
Chemical warfare
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945--Chemical warfare
United States--Armed Forces