Harry C. Ingles

(1888-1976) born at Pleasant Hill, Saline County, lived in Lincoln. Military officer, company executive, served with Army General Staff from 1935 to 1939 when he designed the "triangular" infantry division organization used during World War II, as chief of U.S. Signal Corps from 1943 to 1947 he was in charge of worldwide communication system when radar developments included a counter-mortar instrument and a detector of moving enemy troops and vehicles at night and when the first man-made radar contact with the moon was made on January 10, 1946; during career from 1914 to 1947 he achieved rank of major general and awards from four foreign governments; served as executive for six years at RCA and board director until 1969. Consult Current Biography (1947) 326-327 and Omaha World Herald Magazine, October 28, 1951, p. G-28 and Washington Post obituary, August 16, 1976, p. C-3 and United States Military Academy Assembly obituary, June 1977, pp. 128-129.

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