Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection. 1964 - 1980. OPERATION BARC, RENTON, WASHINGTON
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Besson, Frank S. (Frank Schaeffer), 1910-
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Son of a career Army officer, Frank S. Besson, Jr. was born in Detroit, Mich. in 1910. After graduating from the U.S. Military Academy in 1932, he was commissioned in the Army Corps of Engineers. During his military career he served as Chief of the Allied Military Rail Service in Iran during World War II; as overseer of the Japanese railway system after World War II; and as the first commander of the U.S. Army Materiel Command. Following military retirement in 1970, he became Director of Amtrak....
