M.A.W. Shockley
M.A.W. Shockley | |
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 General M.A.W. Shockley, in uniform of General, Medical Corps | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Service/ | United States Army |
| Rank |  Brigadier General |
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M.A.W. Shockley (Major August W. Shockley) was a U.S. Army medical corps officer. He was a veteran of the Philippine–American War, and retired as a Brigadier General.
Military career appointments[]
- Havana, Cuba, 1899, during this assignment he treated soldiers with yellow fever [1]
- Philippine–American War, 1909 [2]
- Division of Militia Affairs, departed in August 1919 [3]
- Fort Leavenworth, arrived in 1919, Head of the Medical Department at the Army Service School [3][4]
- Camp Knox, departed in September 1922 [5]
- William Beaumont Army Medical Center, appointed commander in September 1922 [6]
- Assistant Surgeon General of the Army, appointed in 1925, promoted to Brigadier General in 1925 [7]
- Carlisle Barracks, retired from this position on 1 October 1936, Commander, Brigadier General[8]
M.A.W. Shockley was a member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States.[9]
See also[]
Personal life[]
M.A.W. Shockley's father (William B. Shockley) was a surgeon for the Army of the Cumberland, United States Volunteers, during the American Civil War.[10]
References[]
- ^ United States War Dept (1899). Annual Reports of the War Department for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1899. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. p. 614.
- ^ Edward Swift Dunster, James Bradbridge Hunter, Frank Pierce Foster, Charles Euchariste de Medicis Sajous, Gregory Stragnell, Henry J. Klaunberg, Felix Marti-Ibanez (1909). International Record of Medicine and General Practice Clinics. 89. p. 980.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- ^ Jump up to: a b The Military Surgeon: Journal of the Association of Military. 36–37. Chicago: The Association of Military surgeons of the United States. 1915. p. 290.
- ^ Journal of the American Medical Association. 72. 1919. p. 1776.
- ^ Army-Navy-Air Force Register and Defense Times. 72. 1922. p. 238.
- ^ US Government. "WBAMC history". Retrieved 12 March 2018.
- ^ US Government. "Official Portrait of M.A.W. Shockley (reverse side)". Retrieved 12 March 2018.
- ^ "The Evening News from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania". 1 October 1936. p. 25.
- ^ Register of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Boston: Commandery of the united State of Massachusetts. 1 January 1906. p. 207.
- ^ Clarke, Robert (1888). Reunion of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland. 18. Cincinnati: Society of the Army of the Cumberland. p. 273.
Categories:
- United States Army Medical Corps officers
- United States Army generals
- American surgeons