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Born in New York City, New York, Spellman received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Florida in 1953. He received a Bachelor of Laws from the Fredric G. Levin College of Law at the University of Florida in 1955. He was in private practice of law in Florida from 1956 to 1957. He was a research assistant to the Chief Judge of the ...
The Chief of Engineers is the senior service engineer for the Department of Defense, responsible for integrating all aspects of combat, general and geospatial engineering across the Joint Force. The Chief of Engineers also commands the United States Army Corps of Engineers. As commander of the US Army Corps of Engineers, the Chief of Engineers ...
Capital Engineers: The US Army Corps of Engineers in the Development of Washington, DC 1790-2004 (Office of History, Headquarters, US Army Corps of Engineers, 2011). online; Shallat, Todd. "Building waterways, 1802–1861: Science and the United States Army in early public works." Technology and Culture 31.1 (1990): 18-50. excerpt; Shallat, Todd.
Transferred from the Engineers to the Transportation Corps in 1950, he served as commanding general of several transportation commands. During his career he was awarded the Silver Star, the Bronze Star, and the Legion of Merit. [27] 1935 John D. Bristor Colonel District Engineer, US Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, 1950-1953. [28] 1936
The American Guide Series includes books and pamphlets published from 1937 to 1941 under the auspices of the Federal Writers' Project (FWP), a Depression-era program that was part of the larger Works Progress Administration in the United States. The American Guide Series books were compiled by the FWP, but printed by individual states, and ...
Fort Gardiner was a stockaded fortification with two blockhouses that was built in 1837 by the United States Army.It was one of the military outposts created during the Second Seminole War to assist Colonel Zachary Taylor's troops to capture Seminole Indians and their allies in the central part of the Florida Territory that were resisting forced removal to federal territory west of the ...
The United States Army Corps of Engineers South Atlantic Division (SAD) is one of the eight permanent divisions of the Army organization, providing civil works and military water resource services/infrastructure. It also supports economically viable and environmentally sustainable watershed management and water resources development in its ...
Brehon Burke Somervell (9 May 1892 – 13 February 1955) was a general in the United States Army and Commanding General of the Army Service Forces in World War II.As such he was responsible for the U.S. Army's logistics.