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Preferred Citation

Lee S. Gerow papers, 1913-1949. MS 0228. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Biographical / Historical

Lee Saunders Gerow was born in 1891 in Petersburg, Virginia. He graduated VMI in 1913. He was a Brigadier General in the United States Army and Head of the Culver Military Academy (Indiana). Gerow died in 1982 in Washington, D.C.

Scope and Contents

The Lee S. Gerow papers (40 items) consist of papers from the military career of Gerow, including: Diplomas Citations Certificates of promotion Photographs An autobiography (14 page typescript, 1979) Correspondence

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Certificates
• Correspondence
• Diplomas
• Generals—United States
• Military records
• Photographs
• United States. Army—Officers—Biography
• Virginia Military Institute—Alumni—Biography
• Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1913