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Torossian as commander of Arab forces in Damascus during
World War I
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[TH="align: left"]Born[/TH]
[TD]1891
Everek (present-day: Develi),
Ottoman Empire[/TD]
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[TD]October 17, 1954 (aged 63)
Bronx,
New York[/TD]
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Arlington Cemetery,
Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania[/TD]
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[TH="align: left"]Nationality[/TH]
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Ottoman[/TD]
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Armenian[/TD]
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Sarkis Torossian (
Turkish:
Sarkis Torosyan, 1891 - August 17, 1954) was a decorated
Ottoman captain of
Armenian descent who fought in the
Gallipoli Campaign and according to his memoirs, was the first person to sink a British battleship.[SUP]
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[3][/SUP] After the
Armenian Genocide however, when most of his family was massacred, he switched sides and joined the fight against
Ottoman Empire.[SUP]
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[4][/SUP] He later moved to the United States where he wrote and published his memoirs,
From Dardanelles to Palestine: a true story of five battle fronts of Turkey. His story has led to a debate in Turkey where Turkish historians have discredited the authenticity of his memoirs and with some historians claiming he never existed.[SUP]
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[6][/SUP] In anticipation of the publication of Torosian's memoirs in Turkey by Ayhan Aktar, Torosian's descendants were discovered by local historian Paul Vartan Sookiasian. From there,
Taner Akçam interviewed Torosian's granddaughter who described in detail about her grandfather's life.
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