Carroll H. Dunn
of Engineers
Rivers and Harbors. My association was not direct. He never worked
for me nor I for him.
Q ..
I don't think we talked about any specific projects that were important Corps of
Engineers projects when you were there in 1955 to 1958 as executive to the chief
What was your involvement in construction in Morocco and Korea and with some of
the major civil works projects?
A ..
In terms of policy, I was not deeply involved. But, of course, I was aware of the
projects. Responsibilities were pretty clearly defined for the appropriate assistant chief
of military construction or civil works. Other than being aware of the projects, possibly
passing information to the chief or indicating his desires to the appropriate people, I
was not directly involved. This was more of an administrative job and that of
coordinator rather than policy maker. There were a number of key events at that time,
such as the hurricane in the Northeast and the resulting Project Noah that involved
OCE quite materially.
Q ..
That was soon after you got there, wasn't it?
A ..
Yes. But again, that position was more one of being responsible for things being
coordinated and keeping the chief informed rather than making policy. Such things as
arranging for the division engineer conferences were a part of the administrative
responsibilities; also, a general supervision of the administrative support for the chiefs
office. I provided some coordination with the remainder and other elements of the
Army staff-I could not cite a major scientific event for which I could say I personally
had major responsibility. There were others more directly responsible.
Q ..
Did you find the structure conducive to getting the job done?
A ..
I think it worked fairly well. There seemed to be fairly well-defined responsibilities.
There were: some questions about the two-deputy system in relation to the
responsibilities.of the chief and the chiefs office at that time. My analysis was that the
structure worked relatively well. When the supply mission was removed from the
chiefs office and some other activities were no longer there, then I think the decision
to move to single deputy was a move in the right direction.
Q ..
And you later were deputy chief.
A
Yes.
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