Col jose rivera biography of michael
Retired Colonel Jose A. Rivera has been named Director of Corporate Strategy at Herndon, Va.-based Cascades Technologies, Inc..
Col. Jose Rivera & US Army Service Command
The officers overseeing his work, according to the patch on the shoulder, are from the US Army Service Command - which included the Medical Corps and Chemical and Biological warfare, both of which Rivera was assocaited with.
In charge of the Army Service Forces, Lieutenant General Brehon B.
Somervell had built LaGuardia Airport in New York and later was responsible for the design and construction of the Pentagon.
Active 9 March 1942 – 11 June 1946
So this photo can be dated between 42 and 46.
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The officer on the right seems like he's a gruff, no-nonsense, gungo ho type, while the other guy with glasses is a quiet thinker. Is that Somervell himself?
The Army Service Forces was one of the three autonomous components of the Army of the United States during World War II, the others being the Army Air Forces and Army Ground Forces.
It was created on February 28, 1942 by Executive Order Number 9082 "Reorganizing the Arm