Accession Number:

ADA636546

Title:

Army Engineers in Memphis District: A Documentary Chronicle

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT MEMPHIS TN

Personal Author(s):

• Reuss, Martin

Report Date:

1982-05-01

Pagination or Media Count:

131.0

Abstract:

This book was prepared to commemorate the centennial of the Memphis District, United States Army Corps of Engineers. It is not designed to be a detailed history. Rather, through the use of biographical profiles, selected documents, and a chronology, Dr. Reuss outlines the role Army Engineers have played in the region the Memphis District presently encompasses. The introductory essay reminds us that the Corps of Engineers began work on the Mississippi River over 150 years ago and has for a century striven to protect Lower Mississippi Valley residents against devastating floods .

Descriptors:

• *ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
• *FLOOD CONTROL
• *HISTORY
• *MISSISSIPPI RIVER
• *OHIO RIVER
• ARMY
• ARMY PERSONNEL
• CIVIL ENGINEERING
• DELTAS
• MILITARY ENGINEERS
• MILITARY FORCES(UNITED STATES)
• RIVERS
• SHORES
• VALLEYS

Subject Categories:

• Hydrology, Limnology and Potamology
• Civil Engineering
• Military Forces and Organizations

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE