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Continued:
Desert Photo, Brief Bio, and Folding ID Card
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Photo below: 1LT Chris Brous (left) and 1LT Jack Hewitt, Company
Commanders in the 23rd Engineer Bn, share a lighter moment in
the summer of 1942 in a world far removed from war, but not from
hard training. The location was the Mojave Desert in Calif.,
where the 3AD trained for a period in anticipation of fighting
Germans in North Africa, which proved not to be the case. |
Brief Bio of Chris Brous
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Chris enlisted in the Army on
July 30, 1940 and served with the 27th Combat Engineers in Puerto
Rico until selected for the first Corps of Engineers Officer
Candidate School at Ft. Belvoir, VA in 1941. He was commissioned
a 2nd Lt. in the Corps of Engineers on Sept. 27, 1941 and assigned
to the 3rd Armd. Div. at Ft. Polk, LA. (His time with the Division
in combat in Europe is summarized on the preceding web page.)
After disability retirement from the Army in 1945, Chris reentered
New York University to complete his credits for a Bachelor of
Mechanical Engineering Degree in July 1946. He entered the work
force as a Development Engineer of land-based gas turbines for
power systems. In 1950, he redirected his efforts to the development
of nuclear reactor components initially for the nuclear submarine,
Nautilus at the Argonne National Laboratory and then at AMF for
the production reactors at Savannah River. This led to work for
the next 20 years at the nuclear divisions of AMF, North American
Aviation and General Dynamics/Gulf Oil in directing the development,
design, manufacture, construction and initial operation of nuclear
reactor systems of many types for nuclear research facilities
and central station power stations in the USA and in many other
countries. After a further 10 years involvement in the management
of the engineering and construction of nuclear power plant facilities
for electric generating stations in many countries, he retired
in 1984 as Vice President from Ebasco Services a major international
engineering-construction firm. |
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Brous ID Card Below: Though simplified for new soldiers in 1943, the Army's
1939-1942 version (shown above in sections) was a relatively
elaborate "pocket" ID that was over 7 inches long,
but folded down to 2.5 x 3.75 inches. |
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