United States Military Academy West Point - Howitzer Yearbook (West Point, NY)

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l Department of Practical Military Engineering, Military Signalling, and Telegraphy INSTRUCTOR MAJOR GILBERT A. YOUNGBERG, Corps of Engineersg class of l900. ASSISTANT INSTRUCTORS CAPTAIN ROGER G. ALEXANDER, Corps of Engineersg class of 1907. FIRST LIEUTENANT DANIEL D. PULLEN, Corps of Engineersg class of l9l0.

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