USMA Class of November 1918. Cullum No. 6072.
He was the son of General Charles Shaler, USMA Class of 1867 and Florence Stidham Shaler.
On September 12, 1923 as Harrison Shaler, he married Dorothy Grace Williams of Watertown, New York at Jefferson, New York.
They were the parents of two children.
Harrison Shaler was born February 17, 1898 in Washington, D.C. He was the son of General Charles Shaler, USMA Class of 1867 who was a Civil War veteran. After high school Harrison went one year to Butler College before entering West Point in June 1916. After graduation, in 1918 because of World War I, he was ordered on a tour of the battlefields in Europe, followed by duty in Germany and later to Warsaw, convoying a trainload of equipment and supplies to the Polish Typhus Relief Expedition. This was followed by courses at the Field Artillery School, the Ordnance School at Watertown Arsenal, a two-year course, one at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. During this time, he transferred to the Ordnance Department. He met Dorothy Williams of Watertown, New York, who was completing the field work for her master's degree from Smith College. They married on September 12, 1923.
By 1942 he reached the rank of colonel and participated with General Patton's Western Task Force in North Africa. He also served in Italy and became Assistant Deputy High Commissioner in Austria at the end of the war. Upon returning to the United States, he became the head of the Ordnance Board, which developed the doctrine, organization and equipment of the Ordnance Corps and then Chief of Personnel and Training in the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, where he received his brigadier general's star. Next, he became commander of the Red River Arsenal in Texas. His last assignment before retirement was in Japan as Ordnance Officer of the American Forces, Far East. When he retired in 1954 his decorations included the Bronze Star, the Legion of Merit, and several foreign decorations.
In 1956 he became adviser to the Aerojet-General Corporation of Azusa, California, from which he retired in 1965. He and his wife moved to Laguna Hills, California. He died after a second aorta aneurysm on November 18, 1976. Survivors included his wife, Dorothy, one son and one daughter.
Source: WPAOG Memorial page.
He was the son of General Charles Shaler, USMA Class of 1867 and Florence Stidham Shaler.
On September 12, 1923 as Harrison Shaler, he married Dorothy Grace Williams of Watertown, New York at Jefferson, New York.
They were the parents of two children.
Harrison Shaler was born February 17, 1898 in Washington, D.C. He was the son of General Charles Shaler, USMA Class of 1867 who was a Civil War veteran. After high school Harrison went one year to Butler College before entering West Point in June 1916. After graduation, in 1918 because of World War I, he was ordered on a tour of the battlefields in Europe, followed by duty in Germany and later to Warsaw, convoying a trainload of equipment and supplies to the Polish Typhus Relief Expedition. This was followed by courses at the Field Artillery School, the Ordnance School at Watertown Arsenal, a two-year course, one at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. During this time, he transferred to the Ordnance Department. He met Dorothy Williams of Watertown, New York, who was completing the field work for her master's degree from Smith College. They married on September 12, 1923.
By 1942 he reached the rank of colonel and participated with General Patton's Western Task Force in North Africa. He also served in Italy and became Assistant Deputy High Commissioner in Austria at the end of the war. Upon returning to the United States, he became the head of the Ordnance Board, which developed the doctrine, organization and equipment of the Ordnance Corps and then Chief of Personnel and Training in the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, where he received his brigadier general's star. Next, he became commander of the Red River Arsenal in Texas. His last assignment before retirement was in Japan as Ordnance Officer of the American Forces, Far East. When he retired in 1954 his decorations included the Bronze Star, the Legion of Merit, and several foreign decorations.
In 1956 he became adviser to the Aerojet-General Corporation of Azusa, California, from which he retired in 1965. He and his wife moved to Laguna Hills, California. He died after a second aorta aneurysm on November 18, 1976. Survivors included his wife, Dorothy, one son and one daughter.
Source: WPAOG Memorial page.
USMA Class of November 1918. Cullum No. 6072.
He was the son of General Charles Shaler, USMA Class of 1867 and Florence Stidham Shaler.
On September 12, 1923 as Harrison Shaler, he married Dorothy Grace Williams of Watertown, New York at Jefferson, New York.
They were the parents of two children.
Harrison Shaler was born February 17, 1898 in Washington, D.C. He was the son of General Charles Shaler, USMA Class of 1867 who was a Civil War veteran. After high school Harrison went one year to Butler College before entering West Point in June 1916. After graduation, in 1918 because of World War I, he was ordered on a tour of the battlefields in Europe, followed by duty in Germany and later to Warsaw, convoying a trainload of equipment and supplies to the Polish Typhus Relief Expedition. This was followed by courses at the Field Artillery School, the Ordnance School at Watertown Arsenal, a two-year course, one at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. During this time, he transferred to the Ordnance Department. He met Dorothy Williams of Watertown, New York, who was completing the field work for her master's degree from Smith College. They married on September 12, 1923.
By 1942 he reached the rank of colonel and participated with General Patton's Western Task Force in North Africa. He also served in Italy and became Assistant Deputy High Commissioner in Austria at the end of the war. Upon returning to the United States, he became the head of the Ordnance Board, which developed the doctrine, organization and equipment of the Ordnance Corps and then Chief of Personnel and Training in the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, where he received his brigadier general's star. Next, he became commander of the Red River Arsenal in Texas. His last assignment before retirement was in Japan as Ordnance Officer of the American Forces, Far East. When he retired in 1954 his decorations included the Bronze Star, the Legion of Merit, and several foreign decorations.
In 1956 he became adviser to the Aerojet-General Corporation of Azusa, California, from which he retired in 1965. He and his wife moved to Laguna Hills, California. He died after a second aorta aneurysm on November 18, 1976. Survivors included his wife, Dorothy, one son and one daughter.
Source: WPAOG Memorial page.
He was the son of General Charles Shaler, USMA Class of 1867 and Florence Stidham Shaler.
On September 12, 1923 as Harrison Shaler, he married Dorothy Grace Williams of Watertown, New York at Jefferson, New York.
They were the parents of two children.
Harrison Shaler was born February 17, 1898 in Washington, D.C. He was the son of General Charles Shaler, USMA Class of 1867 who was a Civil War veteran. After high school Harrison went one year to Butler College before entering West Point in June 1916. After graduation, in 1918 because of World War I, he was ordered on a tour of the battlefields in Europe, followed by duty in Germany and later to Warsaw, convoying a trainload of equipment and supplies to the Polish Typhus Relief Expedition. This was followed by courses at the Field Artillery School, the Ordnance School at Watertown Arsenal, a two-year course, one at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. During this time, he transferred to the Ordnance Department. He met Dorothy Williams of Watertown, New York, who was completing the field work for her master's degree from Smith College. They married on September 12, 1923.
By 1942 he reached the rank of colonel and participated with General Patton's Western Task Force in North Africa. He also served in Italy and became Assistant Deputy High Commissioner in Austria at the end of the war. Upon returning to the United States, he became the head of the Ordnance Board, which developed the doctrine, organization and equipment of the Ordnance Corps and then Chief of Personnel and Training in the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, where he received his brigadier general's star. Next, he became commander of the Red River Arsenal in Texas. His last assignment before retirement was in Japan as Ordnance Officer of the American Forces, Far East. When he retired in 1954 his decorations included the Bronze Star, the Legion of Merit, and several foreign decorations.
In 1956 he became adviser to the Aerojet-General Corporation of Azusa, California, from which he retired in 1965. He and his wife moved to Laguna Hills, California. He died after a second aorta aneurysm on November 18, 1976. Survivors included his wife, Dorothy, one son and one daughter.
Source: WPAOG Memorial page.
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