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Camp Sibert
Camp Sibert was a U.S. Army chemical weapons training facility in Etowah County, Alabama, and St. Clair County, Alabama, during the World War II era. Covering 32,000 acres, it was acquired by the Army in 1942. The site has been redeveloped, including with a residential community. Concerns over chemical contamination and unexploded ordnance remain.http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/HAC/pha/FormerCampSibert/FormerCampSibertHC103107.pdf The camp was commanded by General Haig Shekerjian, an Armenian-American Armenian Americans ( hy, ամերիկահայեր, ''amerikahayer'') are citizens or residents of the United States who have total or partial Armenians, Armenian ancestry. They form the second largest community of the Armenian diaspora after A .... Private A. Baligian of the U.S. Army visited Camp Sibert and conducted a brief interview with Shekerjian for the June 16, 1943, issue of ''Hairenik Weekly'' (later renamed the ''Armenian Weekly''). Further reading *This is Camp Sibert Alaba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Etowah County, Alabama
Etowah County is a County (United States), county located in the Northeast Alabama, northeastern part of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census the population was 103,436. Its county seat is Gadsden, Alabama, Gadsden. Its name is from a Cherokee language, Cherokee word meaning "edible tree". In total area, it is the smallest county in Alabama, but one of the most densely populated. Etowah County comprises the Gadsden Metropolitan statistical area, Metropolitan Statistical Area. History The area was split first among neighboring counties, with most of it belonging to DeKalb County, Alabama, DeKalb and Cherokee County, Alabama, Cherokee counties. It was separated and established as Baine County on December 7, 1866, by the first postwar legislature, and was named for General David W. Baine of the Confederate States of America, Confederate Army. The county seat was designated as Gadsden, Alabama, Gadsden. Because of postwar tensions and actions o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |