United States Army Air Corps

influences that these leaders had on the Army; specifically the Engineer Corps, setting traditions, raising morale, even making jokes with the President, while they were in the service. These innovators that will be discussed continue to shape our military even today. Teaching our current soldiers about the significant contributions of our past Engineer Corp leaders would not only boost morale and increase pride, but give a better understanding on what impacts the Corps of Engineers had during periods

The United States Army Corps of Engineers has built a number of dams within the United States. The Bonneville Dam and other dams along the Columbia River provided local citizens with jobs during the Great Depression and hydropower after their construction. These dams assisted in powering the Manhattan project during World War II. The Turtle Creek Dam, as it sat in 2005, was susceptible to failure if a substantial earthquake were to strike. The Corps of Engineers was contracted to upgrade this dam

had a good idea of what was going on,” he said in relation to the Manhattan Project. The idea of the convoy sent to the Trinity Test in Alamogordo in July 1945. During this time, Roger would meet his, future wife, Jane who worked with the Women’s Army Corp (WAC). Jane had been assigned to Los Alamos to work with telephone communications. “I was 24, a buddy of mine told her that I was married, I had to really work hard after that to get her attention, but I met Jane out in the street, that’s where we

was to start February 1942, however finding the right crew to construct such a highway was more difficult than originally anticipated. In March 1942, the first blades dug into the ground. This was a very daunting task; a task that only the US Army Corps of Engineers could handle. Through some of the toughest and most desolate wilderness this country has to offer. Through freezing temperatures to swamp like conditions the Engineers prevailed, The Alaskan Highway was built. It was not without its

In the United States, the majority of dams are old and close to failing. In fact, the average age of the 82,000 dams monitored by the government in the US is 52 years old (ASCE). These dams were built years ago to now obsolete standards. There are many dams across the US that are currently listed as being in high or significant hazard or failing. It is vital to start rebuilding the dams in the United States before a catastrophic dam collapse occurs. There are many dams that are currently in critical

“B-17”). Seattle Times reporter Richard Smith dubbed the new plane, with its many .30 caliber machine-guns, the “Flying Fortress,” (qtd.in Boeing). A name that Boeing quickly adopted and trademarked for the gigantic bomber (Boeing “B-17”). The U.S. Army Air Corps designated the plane as the B-17. Boeing created the plane in response to the Army’s request for a large, multi-engine bomber. The B-17 financed entirely by Boeing, went from the design board to flight tests in less than a year. In Boeings description

was not a novel technology—the Germans successfully launched V-2 rockets in WWII; however, using rockets to propel weaponized objects into space with a nuclear yield was new. The idea of developing US rocket capability originated in the era of the Army Air Forces (AAF), but the program did not realize significant success until the trinity of rational development, organizational integration, and critical actors operated in harmony with a corresponding crisis to propel the cause to a level of national

his many successes in aerial warfare. Rickenbacker had several odd jobs before finding work in the Frayer Miller Air Cooled Car Company. From his job of testing cars he made his way into racing. Rickenbacker’s fame started before the first world war, as he became one of the most accomplished race car drivers of his time in which he was earning $40,000 per year. When the United States joined the war in

General Pete Quesada and the Triumph of Tactical Air Power in World War II I would like to begin my paper with the quote by John Kennedy “learning and Leadership are indispensable to each other.”1 I think it is a great saying about leadership I have ever heard. There are many books about leadership. But if someone wants to be a good leader and if they do not have leadership abilities, character from birth, they will never be able to be a good leader. When we say leader, we have to think about people

During the mid-19th century, there were still many acts of segregation. Although black men had been allowed to vote and rightly think for themselves, many Americans still dismissed them as equals. However, something happened that would change that view for many Americans. It is more than a mere footnote in history. During World War II, in Tuskegee, AL, an all-African American institute was allowed to train black pilots. These men were called, “The Tuskegee Airmen.” What was so special about these