Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection. 1964 - 1980. US Army engineers complete Oahe Dam with dedication ceremonies, on the Missouri River near Pierre, South Dakota
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Person, John L., 1907-1969
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John L. Person (b. Dec. 16, 1907, Attleboro, Mass.-d. Oct. 3, 1969), U.S. Army officer, graduated from West Point in 1929 and also graduated in civil engineering from MIT in 1932. During World War II, he served as commanding officer, Military Pipeline Service, and deputy chief of engineering in the European Theater of Operations. After the War he was involved in a number of civil engineering projects, and he retired in 1959. From the description of Person, John L., 1907-1969 (U.S. Na...
Foss, Joe, 1915-2003
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Joseph Jacob Foss (b. April 17, 1915, Sioux Falls, S.D.-d. Jan. 1, 2003, Scottsdale, Ariz.), U.S. Marine Corps officer, enlisted in the Marine Reserves and joined the Naval Aviation Cadet program after graduating from college in 1940. By 1942 he was deployed with Marine Fighting Squadron 115 to the South Pacific, participating in the Battle of Guadalcanal. He led a group of “Wildcat” aircraft called “Foss's Flying Circus,” which shot down seventy-two Japanese planes, twenty-six of them by Foss p...
Galloway, G. E. (Gerald Edward), 1902-1980
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Gerald Edward Galloway (b. Dec. 4, 1902, New York, New York-d. Apr. 28, 1980), U.S. Army officer, graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1925. Early in his career he was an instructor in chemistry and electricity at the Academy and served in various engineering posts, including in the Panama Canal Zone and in Puerto Rico. During World War II, he served as commander of engineering brigades in the South Pacific, the Philippines, and in Japan. He also served during the Korean War as an enginee...
