Английская Википедия:Elmer Sherwood

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Elmer W. Sherwood was an Indiana politician and state adjutant general for the Indiana National Guard in 1945.[1]

Sherwood was born in 1896 at Linton, Indiana.Шаблон:Sfn He majored in English at Indiana University until the United States joined World War I.Шаблон:Sfn Sherwood enlisted and was assigned to the 150th Field Artillery Regiment.Шаблон:Sfn That September, the regiment departed Fort Harrison for Europe as part of the 42nd Infantry Division (United States), crossing the Atlantic on the USS President Lincoln.[2] Sherwood kept a diary during World War I, which was first published in 1922 under the title Rainbow Hoosier."[3]

After the war, Sherwood returned to Indiana University to finish his degree. While still a student, he was elected to the Indiana House of Representatives.Шаблон:Sfn He graduated in 1921, and married Lucile Smith in 1925.[4] During his career, he served as an English teacher at Linton High School, and was elected clerk of Greene County, Indiana.Шаблон:Sfn In the late 1930s, he was named editor of the National Legionnaire, the magazine of the American Legion.Шаблон:Sfn

During World War II, Sherwood was appointed as the director of public relations at Fort Benjamin Harrison.Шаблон:Sfn In 1945, Straub was sworn in as the 42nd Adjutant General of the Indiana National Guard.[1] He also served as an advisor to Indiana Governor George N. Craig, and served 3 months in prison for his role in the Toll Road scandal.Шаблон:Sfn[5]

Upon his release, Sherwood moved to Florida. He remained in the Army Reserves and retired as a Brigadier general.Шаблон:Sfn He died in 1979.Шаблон:Sfn

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