Engineer Godfrey Presents Army Navy E Award at Ceremony
BAS GEN. Stuart C Godfrey, Army Air Force engineer, presented the Army Navy E award to LaPlant Choate Co. on Wednesday. A 1909 USMA graduate with a storied corps of engineers career, he led major flood control and harbor projects and held key engineer roles across the Panama Canal, Europe, and GHQ Air Force.
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Bas
Stuart C Godfrey
Army Air Force
LaPlant-Choate Company
United States Military Academy
Corps of Engineers
Phillips Exeter Academy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Military Academy
Engineer School
Command and General Staff School
Army War College
Muscle Shoals
Boston
Memphis
Third Battalion
Panama Canal de
Eleventh Engineers
Panama
Godfrey
318Th Engineer
First Army
Germany
Second Engineers
Chief of Engineers
GHQ Air Force
Air Force Combat Command
Army Air Forces
Army Ground Forces
Services of Supply
Army Air Forces Engineers Grow Into Large Proven Component
He organized developed and trained units including air borne aviation engineers engineer AF headquarters companies engineer aviation camouflage battalions and topographic companies Under his supervision the engineers of the army air forces expanded from a small united group into a substantial proven force
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Army Air Forces
LaPlant Moved Thousands of Buildings in Historic Career
E W LaPlant specialized in large scale moves including a Pennsylvan ia Railroad freight depot in Washington DC. He handled 280 Cedar Rapids buildings on one contract and moved 28 brick structures in Detroit.
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E. W. LaPlant
Pennsylvania Railroad
Washington, D. C
Cedar Rapids
Detroit
Mother-in-Law Delivers Date for Choates' 1912 Wedding
President Roy E. Choate and his wife faced a forgotten wedding date. Mrs. J. B. Harding recalled the ceremony occurred on Dec. 11, 1912, after confirming with Mrs. Choate. The LaPlant-Choate company ties and memory for details are noted.
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Roy E. Choate
LaPlant- Choate Company
Mr. Choate
Navy Captain Presents Token E Pins at Army Navy Event
Capt. David C. Hanrahan, a 34 year Navy veteran and University of Iowa Preflight base commander, represented the navy at the LaPlant Choate Army Navy EB award ceremony. He presented token E lapel pins to President Roy Choate Harland Hopkins and Miss Verda Widger, three longest-serving employees.
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United States Navy
David C. Hanrahan
University of Iowa
Navy
LaPlant- Choate Company
Army-Navy
Hanrahan
Roy &. Choate
Harland W. Hopkins
Verda Widger
Company
Company Helps Train Soldiers To Use Machines
Field service man Ed Hendricks travels with airborne equipment to army tests and trains soldiers to operate LaPlant Choate earth moving machines. He delivered the pilot airborne model and later the first scraper and first bulldozer carried by planes. Training covers operation and maintenance, with feedback to improve the company’s weapons-era machinery.
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LaPlant-Choate Company
Ed Hendricks
Hendricks
All Kinds of Recruits at Gulfport Air Tech School
The Army Air Forces Technical Training Command accepts varied recruits at Gulfport Mississippi. A recent class for the airplane mechanics school included a beauty parlor operator a bartender a masseur a cowboy an adagio dancer a magician and a flag pole sitter. They will become mechanics or qualified workers in other field jobs.
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Gulfport, Miss
INS
Army Air Forces Technical Training Command
Gulfport Field
Welcome Mat at LaPlant-Choate Office Corridor
A framed welcome in the LaPlant-Choate office hallway greets visitors with courteous lines. It promises quick and courteous interviews, appreciation for new ideas, and asks guests to wait comfortably in the reception room when necessary.
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LaPlant-Choate
Laplant-Choate Company
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Stuart C. Godfrey
Laplant
Choates
Capt
LaPlant-Choate Mfg. Co., Inc
B. F. Harris Company, Ltd
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Canada
Iowa
Gazette
Laplant-Choate CO
the National Lockwasher CO
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
America
Kiowa Corporation
Marshalltown
Reddy Kilowatt
LaPlant-Choate Manufacturing Company
Iowa Electric Light & Power Company
OWA Electric Light and Power Company
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