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Title: Haig Shekerjian papers
Date (inclusive): 1905-1966
Collection Number: 72081
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
4 manuscript boxes, 1 envelope
(1.7 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, notes, speeches, and medals, relating to American chemical warfare activities during World War II
Creator:
Shekerjian, Haig
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1972.
[Identification of item], Haig Shekerjian Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
| 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
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Officers
Chemical warfare
World War, 1939-1945 -- Chemical warfare
United States. Army