McCaw, Walter D. (Walter Drew), 1863-1939

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Walter Drew McCaw (b. Feb. 10, 1863, Richmond, Virginia-d. July 7, 1939), Brigadier General and Assistant Surgeon General, U.S.A., graduated from medical school and began his military career in 1884. He served in the campaign of Santiago de Cuba and in the Philippines, and later became chief surgeon, Division of the Philippines, and chief surgeon, American Expeditionary Forces in 1918 and 1919. He was also professor of military and tropical medicine from 1904 to 1913, at the Army Medical School in Washington, D.C.

From the description of McCaw, Walter D. (Walter Drew), 1863-1939 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10574129

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Death 1939

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