C&GS Magazine Article in American Surveyor

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Some of you may like this. A recent issue of The American Surveyor has an article about a C&GS survey crew titled, "CPS-98—An Odd Geodetic Survey Crew".

 

From the article...

 

The following paragraph is found on page 9 of the official history of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey in World War II:

 

"To provide the additional staff needed, and to replace employees who joined the armed forces, many changes in personnel were made during the war. Since very few experienced persons were available for employment, considerable effort was made to formulate a program of training and in so arranging duties that a new employee could begin productive work with a minimum amount of training. In most cases new employees were persons not subject to induction. These were women, physically handicapped men, married men with families, and personnel made available through the Civilian Public Service Camps, commonly known as conscientious objectors. The latter were employed on geodetic control surveys in the field."

 

Behind this paragraph lies a strange and largely unknown story.

 

The online article can be found here: http://www.amerisurv.com/content/view/8122/153/

 

A PDF of the article as it appeared in the magazine, complete with images, is available by clicking here: http://www.amerisurv.com/PDF/TheAmericanSurveyor_Theberge-CPS98_Vol7No9.pdf

 

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