Lunsford E. Oliver

(1889-1978) born at Nemaha, Nemaha County, lived at Peru and Lincoln. Military officer, engineer, served as instructor and commander in U.S. Army from 1913 to 1948, credited with development and adoption of portable steel treadway bridge using rubberized pontoons, led armored division in Europe during World War II, co-led military survey group to Turkey to develop plan for U.S. aid, and served on military liaison committee with newly created U.S. Atomic Energy Commission; achieved rank of major general, and received several medals and honors. Consult Current Biography (1947) 488-490 and obituary in United States Military Academy Assembly, September 1980, p. 119 and Who Was Who in America, Vol 8 (1985) 307.

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