Cairy, Scott A., 1889-1986

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Cairy, Scott A., 1889-1986

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Cairy (1889-1986) organized Company I, 4th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division during World War I, served stateside with the 128th Infantry Regiment until 1940, and was executive officer to the adjutant general in the Wisconsin State Guard during World War II. He served in the Iowa National Guard from 1908 to 1911, and organized Company I of the 4th Infantry Regiment in 1917 in Platteville (Wisconsin). Cairy entered the Inactive National Guard in 1940, and in 1947 he was discharged at the rank of brigadier general. He was married to Pearl Schofield in 1916 and organized the Cairy Insurance Agency in 1920 in Platteville.

From the description of Oral history interview with Scott A. Cairy, [sound recording], 1979. (Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center). WorldCat record id: 756491932

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Argonne, Battle of the, France, 1918

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Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917

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