Earl J. Atkisson

Earl James Atkisson was Colonel of the United States Armys 1st Gas Regiment in World War I.

Earl James Atkisson was born in Broken Bow, Nebraska, but his family moved to Fresno County, California and he graduated from high school in Fowler. He was appointed to the United States Military Academy in 1904. He graduated seventh in his class in 1908, and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers.

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