Misc Diamond Age: Ceramic Armor, May 15th 2018 “Dr. John Foster, Deputy Director of Defense Research and Engineering in the DoD in the mid-1960s, realized the potential of ceramic armor, and wanted to see how far his department could advance the military applications of ceramic armor. He asked his friend, Dr. Mark Wilkins at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories, to spearhead a project which became known as the “Light Armor Materials Program.
Arnold L. Odenweller was born on June 8th 1895 in Putnam County, Ohio, one of ten children born to Edward L. Odenweller and Margaret Odenweller (nee Hempfling). The Draft On June 15th 1917, only 3 days before his 22nd birthday, Arnold registered for the US draft, the first of World War I. U.S. Selective Service Registration Card, 1917 At the time of his registration, he was a machinist at the Delphos Printing Press Company, likely working on their flagship printing press, The Delphos.
A son of immigrant Swedish farmers who died fighting in the Argonnes forest with the 308th Infantry Regiment and the Lost Battalion.
A medical student who died of typhoid fever in France while tending to the American wounded after World War I.
A dairy truck driver who became "one of the best line men in Company L", killed in the beginning of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive at Miller Hill in the fall of 1918.
b. February 20th 1894 — d. May 9th 1984 Anthony Engelsman Anthony Engelsman was born on February 20th, 1894 in the Overisel Township of Allegan County, Michigan. Son of Teunis and Wilhelmina (Meijer) Engelsman, Anthony was the ninth of eleven children in his family. Teunis and Wilhelmina (Meijer) Engelsman Anthony’s father Teunis was born on November 5th, 1842 in Doornspijk, Netherlands. A farm hand in the Netherlands, it is unclear when he emigrated to the United States.