File:Birthplace of Army Chemical Corps, American University.jpg
Birthplace_of_Army_Chemical_Corps,_American_University.jpg (600 × 437 pixels, file size: 127 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Captions
Summary[edit]
DescriptionBirthplace of Army Chemical Corps, American University.jpg |
English: BIRTHPLACE OF ARMY CHEMICAL CORPS
SOON AFTER THE UNITED STATES ENTERED THE FIRST WORLD WAR IN 1917. THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY'S OFFER OF ITS CAMPUS AND BUILDINGS FOR WAR WORK WAS ACCEPTED. THE PERMANENT BUILDINGS AND PART OF THE CAMPUS WERE TURNED OVER TO THE BUREAU OF MINE ON JULY 6, 1917. FOR USE AS CHEMICAL WARFARE LABORATORIES AND PROVING GROUNDS. MCKINLEY HALL SERVED AS ONE OF THE FIRST OF THESE LABORATORIES. ON AUGUST 30, 1917, THE THIRTIETH ENGINEERS, LATER KNOWN AS THE FIRST GAS REGIMENT WAS ORGANIZED HERE. COMPANIES A AND B AND FIRST BATTALION HEADQUARTERS MARCHED OUT OF THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY ON CHRISTMAS DAY 1917, AND SAILED FOR FRANCE THE NEXT DAY. THEY WERE SOON FOLLOWED BY COMPANIES C AND D, AND LATER BY COMPANIES E AND F WHICH WERE ORGANIZED AT FORT MYER. IN JUNE 1918, THE CHEMICAL WARFARE ORGANIZATION OF THE BUREAU OF MINES WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE WAR DEPARTMENT AS A STEP TOWARD THE CREATION OF THE CHEMICAL WARFARE SERVICE, NOW THE U.S. ARMY CHEMICAL CORPS. DEDICATED IN 1960 BY VETERANS OF THE FIRST GAS REGIMENT |
Date | Taken on 27 March 2018 |
Source | American University |
Author | American University |
Permission (Reusing this file) |
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
|
Other versions |
|
Camera location | 38° 56′ 08.98″ N, 77° 05′ 21.54″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 38.935828; -77.089317 |
---|
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
current | 17:55, 26 April 2018 | 600 × 437 (127 KB) | KAMorgan97 (talk | contribs) | User created page with UploadWizard |
You cannot overwrite this file.
File usage on Commons
The following 3 pages use this file:
File usage on other wikis
The following other wikis use this file:
- Usage on en.wikipedia.org
- Usage on www.wikidata.org
Metadata
This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.
Date and time of data generation | 15:59, 27 March 2018 |
---|---|
User comments | Screenshot |
Structured data
Items portrayed in this file
depicts
27 March 2018
38°56'8.981"N, 77°5'21.541"W
image/jpeg
3a853e4a61e92bbeed2659bf6a26fb626fe0fd53
129,613 byte
437 pixel
600 pixel
- American University buildings
- Buildings in the United States photographed in 2018
- March 2018 in Washington, D.C.
- Monuments and memorials to veterans in the United States
- Plaques in Washington, D.C.
- Plaques referencing 1917 in the United States
- Plaques referencing 1918 in the United States
- Plaques referencing 1960 in the United States
- United States Army Chemical Corps