Franklin F. Snyder
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Well, he had very good relations with the Chief of Engineers, Reybold, at that time.
Eugene Reybold?
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I`m not sure who was Chief when I transferred.
Q ..
That's who it was. He was the Chief throughout t h e war.
A ..
He was Chief for a long time, right.
Q ..
Yes.
A ..
He was Chief when I went overseas.
Q ..
He was from '41 - '45, for four years.
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Yes.
Q ..
And Thomas Robbins was the deputy chief.
A ..
Yes. I got to know Robbins quite well later on. He was on the board of the St.
Lawrence Seaway Project. He was involved in the design, I guess, some board that
they had set up. I got involved in the St. Lawrence Seaway later on. Well, I hadn't
been over there long before Cochran went into the service. Hathaway was chief of
the branch or whatever it was. I guess it was a branch or a section.
Q ..
Was that Hydraulic Engineering Branch?
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I'm not sure what they called it then. Later it was Hydrology and Hydraulics. I
probably have an organization chart someplace. It was either a section or a branch,
however they were organized in the Engineering Division, and Hathaway was the
head of it. Cochran had been his chief assistant. Mark Gurnee was another friend
that went into the service at the same time. I forget where he was at that time; I
think he was in a different branch. When he came back, he worked in our branch
for awhile until they found another opening for him.
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