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    Albert James Myer (September 20, 1828 – August 24, 1880) was a surgeon and United States Army general. He is known as the father of the U.S. Army Signal...
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  • Albert Myer may refer to: Albert J. Myer (1828–1880), surgeon and US Army officer Albert L. Myer (1846–1914), mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, 1899 USNS Albert...
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    USNS Albert J. Myer (T-ARC-6) was the second of only two Maritime Commission type S3-S2-BP1 ships built for the US Army near the end of World War II intended...
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    Army post containing Fort Whipple was renamed Fort Myer as an honor to Brigadier General Albert J. Myer, who had commanded the newly established Signal School...
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    combined arms forces. It was established in 1860, the brainchild of Major Albert J. Myer, and had an important role in the American Civil War. Over its history...
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  • (1835), brigadier general and member of the Wisconsin State Assembly Albert J. Myer, MD (1847), father of the U.S. Army Signal Corps and a founding member...
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    II. The other ship was the Albert J. Myer, which later joined her sister ship in naval service as the USNS Albert J. Myer (T-ARC-6). The ship was assigned...
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    the U.S. Army Signal Corps, which began with the appointment of Major Albert J. Myer as its first signal officer just before the war and remains an entity...
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    since motions are more easily seen. It was invented by US Army surgeon Albert J. Myer in the 1850s who later became the first head of the Signal Corps. Wigwag...
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    standard. The wigwag system was invented in the 1850s by US Army surgeon Albert J. Myer who became the first Chief Signal Officer of the US Army in command...
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