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"Hamilton Scramble" Newspaper Issue Commemorating Claude S. Buchanan's Retirement

Format

Newspaper print

Date

08/23/1951

Location

Hamilton, California, USA.

Description

This August 23rd, 1951, newspaper article announces the retirement of Lt. Col. Claude Buchanan. The article commemorates his achievements, noting his service as a consultant for the Liberty Twelve Aircraft Engine, status as assistant Chief Engineer during World War II, Project Engineer of the Experimental Engineering section of the Air Service, a Patent Attorney, Executive Officer of Pendleton Field, Oregon and the 60th Service Group, and Legal Advisor to the Intelligence Division of the Air Materiel Command. The writer closes with a statement that Claude S. Buchanan would resume his civilian responsibilities in the Patents Branch at Wright Field after his retirement and promotion to the Colonel rank.

Curator

Dianelys Nunez; Elio Singer

Copyright

Sarah Miller Boye

© 2025 by Elio M. Singer

PHC Team Lead and Volunteer Undergraduate Researcher

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