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Authorizations: 



January i, 1943, to June 30, 1943 $ 5,974,000.00 



July I, 1943, to June 30, 1944 $12,253,880.00 



July I, 1944, to June 30, 1945 $ 8,002,070.00 



July I, 1945, to February 28, 1946 (estimated) $ 3,142,000.00 



July I, 1945, to June 30, 1946 (actual) $ 113,000.00 



Division i6 



Title: Optics 



George R. Harrison, Chief 



Paul E. Klopsteg, Deputy Chief, March 15, 1945 — June 30, 1946 



Section 16.1 Optical Instruments 

 Theodore Dunham, Jr., Chief 

 Section 16.2 Illumination and Vision (December 9, 1942 — October i, 



1943) ^ 

 Brian O'Brien, Chief, December 22, 1942 — October i, 1943 



(Consolidated with 16.5) 

 Section 16.3 Camouflage 



A. C. Hardy, Chief, December 9, 1942 — April 23, 1945 

 Section 16.4 Infrared 



O. S. Duffendack, Chief 

 Section 16.5 Nocturnal Logistics (Transferred from Division 12, Section 

 12.1 on July I, 1943) 

 H. E. Ives, Chief, July i, 1943 — October 11, 1943 

 W. E. Forsythe, Deputy Chief, July i, 1943 — October 11, 1943 



(Consolidated with 16.2 in October 1943) 

 W. E. Forsythe, Chief, October 11, 1943 — June 30, 1946 

 Brian O'Brien, Deputy Chief, October 11, 1943 — January 31, 1946 



The work of Division 16 embraced optical instruments including aerial 

 cameras, glasses and glass substitutes, camouflage materials and camouflage 

 detecting methods and various other devices. 



Authorizations: 



January i, 1943, to June 30, 1943 $1,592,700.00 



July I, 1943, to June 30, 1944 $2,018,350.00 



July I, 1944, to June 30, 1945 $2,078,200.00 



July I, 1945, to February 28, 1946 (estimated) $ 727,000.00 



July I, 1945, to June 30, 1946 (actual) $ 234,675.63 



