The SMPTE, the Army, Missiles and Space Vehicles

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Publisher: SMPTE
Doc Type: Journal Article
Article Type: research-article
Abstract: From the introduction by SMPTE President Norwood Simmons at the special session on instrumentation and high-speed photography, Miami Beach Convention, May 4, 1959: Our speaker, Major General John Bruce Medaris, is the Commanding General of the Army's Ordnance Missile Command. He directs all army ordnance programs in the rocket, guided and ballistic missiles, and outer space fields. He has seen combat in two World Wars, as an enlisted man and as a commanding officer. After World War II, he held various Army Ordnance posts and in November 1955 he was made Commanding General of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency, with responsibility for development and production of the Jupiter IRBM Missile System and further development of the Redstone Ballistic Missile System. In addition to these assignments, which he managed to successful completion, he was responsible for the launching of the earth satellite, Explorer I, on January 31, 1958. He assumed his present command, March 31, 1958. The command includes the Army Ballistic Missile Agency, the Army Rocket and Guided Missile Agency, Redstone Arsenal, and White Sands Missile Range.
Publication Date: 1959-07-01
DOI: 10.5594/J13813
Link: https://doi.org/10.5594/J13813
Author(s): J. B. Medaris

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