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5th Commander |
LT. COLONEL GEORGE BLANEY -
Served from
12/11/1944 to 9/17/1945
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He was appointed Commanding
Officer on 12/11/1944.
He succeeded Brigadier General
Jesse A. Ladd who was transferred to
Indiantown Gap Military
Reservation.
He arrived at the camp in
1/1943 and was Executive
Officer of the Second
Regiment.
On 11/14/1943 he was named
Assistant Executive Officer
of the post.
He continued as Commander
until he was replaced by
Colonel Medorem Crawford Jr. on
9/20/1945.
He was transferred to Fort
Eustis, VA |
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Notes:
A native of Swampscott,
Mass.
Received Bachelor of Arts
Degree from Harvard
University in 1907.
Received Bachelor of Law
Degree from Harvard
University in 1909.He
enlisted in the
Massachusetts Coast
Artillery Corps and rose
through the non-commissioned
ranks.
He was commissioned as a
second Lieutenant in 6/1916.
He practiced Law in Boston,
MA until 1917.
He was called active duty on
7/25/1917.
He went overseas in 3/1918.
He participated in a number
of famed WWI offensives.
He was promoted to Captain
on Armistice Day.
He returned to the United
States in 1/1919.
He assumed command of
Battery C, 57th Artillery at
Fort Hancock, NY.
He later was transferred to
Fort Winfield Scott in San
Francisco, CA.
On 7/1921 he was transferred
to Hawaii serving at Forts
Ruger and Kamehameha.
After graduating in 1925
from the Battery Officers
course at Fort Monroe VA he
was ordnance officer of the
harbor defenses at Boston
MA.
In 6/1931 after graduating
from the advance course
of the coast artillery
school at Fort Monroe, VA he
was
sent Panama and stationed at
Fort Amnodor.
He returned to Boston, MA in
11/1933 as outpost officer
of the harbor defenses.
In 12/1933 he was appointed
civil works administrator of
harbor defenses.
In 6/1934 he became an
instructor for the Maine
National Guard at Rockland.
He was promoted to the rank
of Major in1935.
He went Hawaii in 1938 in as
adjutant and plans and
training officer of the
harbor defenses at Honolulu.
He was promoted to
Lieutenant Colonel on
7/26/1940.
He returned to the US in
1/1941.
He held a number of
asignmens at Fort Eustis,
VA. on 5/3/1943 he went to
Camp Davis, NY as inspector
of
the A.A.A. school.
He arrived at Camp Reynolds
in 1/1943.
11/14/1943 he was named
Assistant Executive Officer
of the post.
He was appointed Commanding
Officer on 12/11/1944. |
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He and his wife lived at 94
College Ave in Greenville,
PA.
He had two daughters, Alice
Elizabeth and Marguerite
Erskine who were attending
St. Catherine's School in
Richmond, VA.
The camp became the Army's
first full time Canvas
and Webbing Repair Shop
under his command.
The camp had a complement of
300 men to man the hospital
and care for the prisoners
of war.
The Repair Shop had 220
employees in 9/29/45. |
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