Carroll H. Dunn
Carroll Hilton Dunn
Carroll H. Dunn was born in Lake Village, Arkansas, 11 August1916. He earned a bachelor
of science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, in
193 8. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Regular Army by professional
examination 1 July 1938.
first assignment was with the 8th Engineer Squadron, 1st Cavalry
Division, Laredo, Texas. In February 1941 he was assigned to the Engineer Replacement
Training Center, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.
In November 1942 he served the 30th Infantry Division as division engineer and concurrently
battalion commander, 105th Engineer Combat Battalion. He remained assigned to this division
through training at Camp Blanding, Florida; Camp Forrest, Tennessee; and Camp Atterbury,
Indiana, and deployed overseas to England. From June 1944 to May 1945 he participated with
the 30th Division in combat in Europe, going from Omaha Beach to Magdeburg, Germany. He
was wounded by an enemy mine in the attack of Saint Lo, and spent two months in a hospital
in England, returning to join his unit for the final drive into Germany.
In July 1945 he was assigned to the 2d Infantry Division as Assistant Chief of Staff (G-4) a
position which he held until May 1946 when he was sent to the State University of Iowa, Iowa
City, Iowa. He earned a master of science degree in civil engineering in June 1947, then taught
combat engineering at the Engineer School, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.
From October 1949 to August 1952 he was assigned to the Engineer Section, General
Headquarters, Far East Command, where his principal duties were staff supervision of the
construction activities.
He returned to the United States in August 1952 and became the director of the U.S. Army
Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, Mississippi, a principal research facility in
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sent to Washington,
to become the executive officer to the Chief of Engineers, an
assignment he held until August 1958 when he was selected to attend the Industrial College of
the Armed Forces, Washington, D.C.
Upon graduation he went to Thule, Greenland, as the area engineer, and was responsible for
construction of facilities for the nation's first ballistic missile early warning system. Returning
to the United States in July 1960, he joined the newly organized Corps of Engineers Ballistic
Missile Construction Office at Los Angeles, with the dual position of deputy commander and
director of the Titan II missile system construction.
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