Development of the Armor and Projectile Laboratory 



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Armor and Projectile Laboratory in the 1930': 



February 1942, and Loeb was gone. So was Thompson. We lost him to the 

 bombsight people. 



The Norden Company? 



Right. He went to Norden as Director of Research. 



/ understand that you were de facto Chief Scientist, or Technical Director, as far aj 

 responsibilities were concerned at that time. 



That's right. I was Chief Scientist then. 



What size staff did you have in 1942? 



I think the staff consisted of about eight or ten people when I arrived. There 

 were a couple of mechanics, a secretary, and about a half-dozen officers. 



You had been sent back to work on spectra graphic equipment? 



Yes, I was very active at that time in spectrochemistry in steel. I developed a 

 process by which we could analyze steel samples very quickly. We could take a 

 sample out of the steel foundry and have an analysis in 30 seconds. The Navy 

 wanted a set of my equipment, and that's what really brought me to Dahlgren. 



Did you have any civilian scientists working for you? 



The staff was primarily military — these fellows all came in as reserve officers. 

 I remember that around 1945 I had one chemist, one civilian metallurgist, and 



